Saturday, February 13, 2010

Here's a post that DOES matter!



Isn't she a peach?

That's what I couldn't stop thinking when I first saw her around Biola's campus. I noticed her long before I even knew her name. Of course, I did figure out her name in a not-stalker-like way at all by eves-dropping on conversations either involving or regarding her. I was tempted for a long time whenever I walked by her and she would smile and wave at my to just stop her real quick and say, "You know what? You've got a pretty face. The prettiest on campus I would venture to say!" I'm glad I didn't. I would have totally freaked her out.
Anyway, at the time we were just getting to know each other, I would have never guess that we would be married someday. It's bizarre to think about, but really cool! It being Valentine's Day and all, I want to spend this post just rambling a bit about my wife, Kerri (and that's exactly what this will be. Rambling. Don't expect it to be organized or thought out!). Dating and marrying her is easily the best thing I've ever done in my entire life. We just click so well. When we were dating, my roommates would always tell me it was freaky because I found the one girl in the world who is exactly like me. Now, we're not exactly alike, but I still think that we're pretty darn close! I remember one day, before we were dating, I was walking Kerri back to her dorm, and I made some joke about cannibalism. I quickly fell silent after I made the joke because of the sudden realization that she, being a girl, might find it gross! But, to my surprise and delight, she laughed just as hard as I wanted to laugh! It was at that time, that I knew she was a keeper.
Okay, so that's not the only thing that's great about Kerri. We have the same sense of humor, which is great. But, another thing I've always loved about her, is her sweet and tender spirit. She is good for me. She doesn't really know how wonderful and uncommonly kind she is. Oh yes. She's also humble! Another character trait I need to be around as much as I can manage (good thing I married her)! Everyone I know who has met her just loves her. When she used to work at Finley Holiday, where I worked, she quickly learned everybody's name and seemed to know everything about all of the employees, after about two weeks. She knew more than I had figured out in an entire year! She doesn't work there anymore. So, my source of knowledge at work has now disappeared. :(
The picture at the top is a picture taken right before we got engaged. Well, not RIGHT before, it was about thirty minutes before I popped the question. SO many thoughts were running through my head when I asked her to marry me. What will marriage be like? Does she want to get married right now? Will she say we should hold off a bit? Will I screw up my awesome proposal line (I didn't)? No doubts though. I've known just about since day one of dating Kerri that she was the one. Everything just fit so perfect. I was more nervous about driving down and asking her parents for their blessing than I was about asking Kerri to marry me. Notice, I said asking for her parent's blessing, not permission. I mean, no offense Tim and Shelley, but I was going to marry this girl no matter what anyone else said! Luckily, all of her family loves me. And I love them too, so there was a wonderful lack of drama about it all. Okay I'm off the subject! Being engaged to Kerri was great. It was like an explosion of love and ideas all of a sudden. We made a point while we were dating to save talking about marriage for when we were engaged. That way, when we were dating, we could just focus on getting to know each other really well. So, as soon as we got engaged, all of the things about marriage and our wedding that we were thinking just started shooting out of our ears! It was a blast! I will never forget our amazing two hour drive back to Biola after getting engaged and all the awesome ideas about marriage and our wedding that started to fly around. It was great!

The above picture is, of course, from our wedding day. I love her smile here! When she smiles like that, at me, it still takes my breath away. Our wedding day was great. Perfect really. Just the way we wanted it. But, it was only one day. We have the rest of our lives together, and that's the truly exciting and awesome part of it all. There are so many things I want her to know, that I try to tell her as often as I can. I love her. She's the most important thing to me here on this earth. I will take care of her as long as I'm alive. She gives me so much grace when I mess up and do something stupid, I pray that I will always extend the same grace to her. I'm glad that she's always so close so that I can tell her these things as much as I want!
Kerri, I know you'll read this. So, know that I love you and I hope that this is a fantastic Valentine's Day for you! You're my favorite!

2 comments:

  1. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!

    Seriously though, very elouquent and well-put! Kerri is DEFINITELY a keeper and a wonderful person, and I would DEFINITELY be jealous if I weren't married to such an incredible woman myself!

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  2. Your mom told me you had started a blog and I should check it out...and this sweet stuff about Kerri is so great. It's so good for the body of Christ to hear positive, beautiful words about marriage!

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