s.w.a.k.

I just found out about the KISS challenge. what a wonderful idea! i mean after all, who couldn't use a little more kissing... seriously. :)

If you know me very well, then you know that our first date was on valentine's day... hmm let's see, 11 years ago! we didn't kiss that night. as a matter of fact, we didn't kiss until sometime around the following June.

I had just gotten out of a pretty yucky relationship {ugh, i don't even like calling it a relationship, i still shiver in disgust} and had never really dated at home under the protection of my mom, so i really just didn't know what i was doing at all. but i knew that i thought this skate sportin', larryboy hat & plaid shirt wearin' boy was smart and funny and cute and actually nice to me {unlike the previous non-gentleman}. what i did know was that i was scared. scared of who i had become in such a short amount of time {just my first semester as a college freshman} and scared of anything relationship related.

i was of however absolutely ecstatic that he had called... i literally ran down the dorm hallway screaming that he had just asked me to go to the symphony with him {i'm sure Stephanie remembers this well!}. we had been getting to know eachother while rehearsing our lines for a play we were in {The Importance of Being Ernest} and i liked who he was and i liked how i felt when i was with him. i know i smiled a lot.

after our first date we were still "Just Friends" but i already knew i loved him. eventually he "officially" asked me to be his girlfriend {oh, the torture i put this man through, he deserves an award} and we eventually kissed and eventually got engaged {10 months from our first date} and eventually got married.

our journey to become man and wife was not perfect {and not always God-centered}, and our journey as man and wife has not been perfect either, but one thing is for sure, I know my husband LOVES me and his goal is to please me in every way possible. i don't deserve ANY of it... but isn't that what real love is? given regardless of whether or not the person is "deserving" of it. I'm so blessed that the Lord brought us together and I'm grateful that He gives us the strength to stay together. I love you, my s.r.b.!

(1st anniversary)