Anniversary

Well...I can't quite believe it. How the time has passed. So much has happened......

Today, March 21st is my 10th wedding anniversary (roaring applause)....thank you, thank you, thank you....

Ten years ago, I was just waking up. My best man, Mark, had come to my parents house to come and get me. I remember that I had over slept. Remarkably, my only responsibility that day was to get to the church and say "I do". I think that was good planning. When I got to the church, there were people everywhere. Everyone was running around getting things ready. Guests were arriving. People that I hadn't seen in years, but who were a part of the fabric of my life. It was pretty cool. I remember, since I had just woken and shaved and showered that my neck was a little red and blotchy from the razor. I was self-conscious about that. Then, all of a sudden I was taken up to the front of the church, with all of those friends and family staring back at me, and then the music started. The rest is a blur, right up until everyone stood up. Then my eyes were drawn to the back of the room and I saw the most beautiful women I had ever seen, in a pristine white gown, and I remember that I felt breath taken for the very first time in my life. There was my wife to be. The one that I was going to live with for the rest of my life. Share all of the good stuff....and the bad. Go through stress, and joy with. Grow, and change, and mature with. She would be the one that would know me more intimately then anyone else in the world. All of this was flooding my mind as quickly as Sharon's steps towards me. Our ceremony was great. It was our chance to say and show everything that we wanted. And we did.

Since that day, life has been nothing short of a complete adventure. Things that we never expected...happened, and some things we planned for....never came to pass. Life is funny that way. But, the one thing that has been exactly as I expected (and hoped for) is that Sharon and I are in this thing together. It is our joy to travel together, through the mystery of this beautiful land. And I know, that no matter what the journey brings, that at the center are two very different people that are committed to drawing closer together...and binding tighter...every day.

God has blessed us with so many things. He is the source of our strength. My hope for the next 10 years is that He would continue to build us up, together...so we can say forever....again.