Well, fast forward three years and it was homecoming. You asked me to dance and as cliche as it sounds… I knew that something was changing the moment you took me out to the dance floor. I remember my friend Mallory smiling and giving me a thumbs up every time I would spin around and catch her eye. I also remember going home that night and thinking “What in the world just happened?!”. Was there just no one else to dance with or does he actually like me?! LIKE THAT?! I probably stayed up all night trying to figure it out. 16 year old girls obsess over that stuff. A couple of days later you asked me out… over Instant Messenger….but I didn’t even care, because I was so excited to be your girlfriend… and you said it was “Cutting edge technology”. haha
It’s hard to believe that that night was 14 years ago today. Sometimes I forget that our wedding anniversary is also our dating anniversary!! It seems like a lifetime ago. We have walked through some of the most amazing seasons and some of the hardest. We have lost good friends, we have dealt with cancer in our families, we’ve moved, we’ve changed jobs, we’ve traveled, we went through college, we almost broke up, we became adults together and we’re still figuring out how to be Christ-honoring spouses together. The crazy thing is that we’re about to enter one of the most anticipated seasons of our life! Everyone is telling us that our life will just be beginning once this little girl arrives and I believe them. But I also think that we have had one incredible journey up until this point. We always said that we had a “Five year plan” and God obviously wanted that to be a “Six year plan”. I’m thankful for His timing and his provision because I know we are exactly where we’re supposed to be. This next season is so new and so exciting! I have moments of being fearful, but I feel reassured when I think about you being beside me. You were created to be a dad. People told you that back when we were in middle school and we kept the toddler nursery together at church…. (and one kid escaped without us knowing it… yikes. I’m going to block that memory). I have looked forward to seeing you become a dad for so long and I can’t believe we’re just months away from that becoming our reality.
Happy Six Years and here’s to 60 more! I love you and you are truly the greatest gift in my life. Year seven is going to look VERY different for us and I’m so excited about it!!!!
