Four score and seven years ago… June 22, 2009

But really, take out the “four score” part, because it was only seven years ago.

I said once before that 2002 was a busy year.  And it all started on this day seven years ago, at an indoor rock climbing gym.   To this day, I remember seeing him for the first time and I remember realizing that I was blatantly staring at him.  I remember talking to him for the first time, and wondering if it was a problem that I was two years older than him.  I remember getting to hold his watch while he scaled a wall.  I don’t know why I remember that last part, but I do.  (And that’s not us in the picture, it’s a Kim Anderson photo.  I’ve always liked them.  At least, I did until I found out that Kim Anderson is a guy.  Then it kind of creeped me out that a dude was taking pictures of little kids acting romantic with each other.  But perhaps that’s a post for another day.)

I remember how I liked that he was kind of a smart aleck, kind of sarcastic.  No pushovers for me, please, I liked a little bit of a challenge.  Although, seven years later, I find myself reminding him that sarcasm is “anger’s ugly cousin” and asking for a little more sensitivity.  Oops.

But anyway, life lessons I’m learning aside, he is one amazing man, and I love him.  Sure, there are days when I wonder if we will ever get past certain issues (usually that whole failure to communicate effectively thing), but most of the time I look at him and can’t believe I get to keep him.  He is everything I always wanted in a husband, and many things I didn’t know I wanted… And some things I probably didn’t want at all, but ended up needing.  God’s smart like that.

And to think I almost didn’t go that night!  I can’t even imagine!  I don’t WANT to imagine!  I just want to imagine the next seven years, and the seven after that, and four score and seven years from now…  You get the idea.