19 years ago today:
I was 16 years old, had BIG curly brown hair, butterflies in my stomach and a HUGE crush on a boy named John. He wasn't just any ordinary boy. He was handsome, a Christian, genuinely nice, funny, goofy, so so smart, AND he liked me!! How lucky was I? Little did I know even then. :)
I paced, checked my hair a dozen times and nearly got sick from excitement waiting for him to arrive. Normally he would drive a brown 70's model Chevy Malibu but for that special first date, he borrowed the 80's model white car that was his grandmother's.
None of that mattered....we were going on our first date!
We went to Wendy's for dinner but I just told him I wasn't hungry. I was too excited..after all, this was a boy I never would have imagined would like me! How could I eat at a time like this?
After Wendy's we drove to the movie theater and watched "Naked Gun". Now if you are not familiar with this movie, PLEASE know that it is a comedy! Dry, dumb humor that was absolutely hilarious. Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley..so so silly! We enjoyed laughing together.
After the movie, we went to TCBY for yogurt in 33 degree weather and talked till curfew which was probably 10p.m. or so. I remember thinking how he was such a gentleman, opening doors for me, walking me to the door and never expecting a kiss.
Now if you have read this far and know me, you are probably wondering how I remember such detail when I usually cant' remember what I had for breakfast in the morning! I came across my diaries from years ago and have enjoyed just sitting and reading them. I'm SO glad that I have these memories to go back to and revisit. It's so amazing to see the journey from junior high to college, to have such detail about things that were important, my walk with God and how I dealt with issues of my time. I love to read how I leaned on God through it all!
I'm so blessed to have that boy named John as my husband now. He is still all of those things and more that I fell in love with in high school. I love to see how God's hand molded our relationship over the past 19 years and He continues to help us grow together in Him.
I pray already for the spouse God has for my children. They have such a great role model in their daddy and I'm so thankful for that.
19 years ago today I fell in love with the man who is and forever will be the love of my life! He's the greatest gift God could have ever given me!
