Happy Anniversary to me!
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| November 12, 2010 |
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| "You may now kiss the bride." |
4 1/2 years - I've known my favorite southern gentleman.
4 years - I've dated this fine man.
2 years - I've walked this road of wedded bliss and growing pains with my man.
4 1/2 weeks - We've started walking the road of parenting our little man together.
He always knew.
Jt was a skeptic of love-at-first-sight stories. He knew that infatuation clouded the minds of many intelligent men and women alike, and was intent on spending a lot of time truly getting to know his future wife. Maybe after a year or so, he would have a good enough understanding of a woman to determine her eligibility as a wife.
But then he moved to California, visited a church that met in a movie theatre, and laid his eyes on "keyboard girl."
And he knew.
After we had been married for almost a year, Jt shared with me his first journal entry about our relationship. Here is an excerpt:
I like that she is positively feisty. She's so animated and she listens with her expressions. I like that she told me her shirt was from Walmart. I like that she is simply complex. We asked lots of questions and I told her that she opens up a room basically. It wasn't enough to say she is just "outgoing because that is just common." People know when she walks into a room, partially because she is extremely loud, but there is definitely more to it than that. There is something about her that people are attracted to, and I think I am too. I don't really know where this is going and it's a little scary because there are so many uncertainties. I'll keep taking it a day at a time.
Coincidentally, I wrote him a song entitled, "One Day at a Time." You can listen to me play it for Jt for the first time on my childhood out-of-tune piano right here.
One Day at a Time
by Abigail Reimer
Just the other day
I was tellin' a good friend
That I did not want the Lord
To send a man cuz I was content
And I was serious, oh so serious
But it was not long before
We were playing Connect Four
Had a long talk and you said
That you were quite interested
And you were serious, oh so serious
(Let's take it)
One day at a time
One day at a time
I think we'll be fine
if we just take it
One day at a time
One day at a time
For the first time in my life
Sharing my heart feels so right
And I do look forward to
How my future might unfold with you
And I am serious, oh so serious
If this isn't for forever
I want you to know
That more than anything
I want you to grow
in Jesus
Baby, forgive me if this feels too slow
I'm just scared of where this could go
One day at a time
And we have arrived to the two year mark by taking it one day at a time. We've started a new business, were blessed with a surprise pregnancy (we had originally thought we should try for babies around now), welcomed a precious and beautiful little boy on October 12th (easy to remember!), and now we are embarking on another season of change - all BIG life changes. Marriage has not been easy, but it's comforting, rewarding, and there is such a sweet sense of security knowing that no matter the trials that come, Jt's will be the hand that I hold through it all and that God alone will lead and guide us. We know each other so well, and yet, there is still so much I'm learning about him...like the fact that eating is a partnership (whatever I am snacking on, he would like to partake though he already confirmed he didn't want anything earlier), or that he is a mechanic in his own right (fixed the Land Rover by taking apart the entire door!), or that he writes more playful, original songs than me, or that he misses me a lot when I'm gone (no matter if it's a few hours or a few days).
He has shown me humility, patience, love, spiritual leadership, honesty, grace, thoughtfulness, faithfulness, encouragement, praise, affection, gentleness, and has also grilled some great steaks! ;) And now I get to see his love for our sweet little man unfold. He LOVES Cash so much and it warms heart. I'm a blessed woman to have a man/husband/father such as he.
I look forward to continuing to build our marriage on Christ the cornerstone so that we will reflect His light for all to see.
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