Thankful Thursday - Wedded Bliss

Five years ago today, I married my soulmate, my partner, the one that God chose for me before I was born. I am so thankful for these past five years!

Hubby and I met on a Christian singles website almost 6 years ago. After a miserable and lonely Christmas, I decided to try the on-line dating thing. Hubby was one of the first guys to read my profile and e-mail me. We chatted via e-mail for 6 weeks, then he suggested we talk on the phone sometime. Our first conversation was just after Valentine's Day, and we talked for 2 1/2 hours! By the next week, we were talking every single day for at least 2 hours. I knew he was the one for me before we ever met face to face.

Six weeks after we started talking on the phone, we met in person. He drove about 8 hours, and I drove about 7 hours (we were living about 15 hours apart) so that we could spend 3 days together. And it was a wonderful 3 days!

In the meantime, I found out my job was being down-sized, and Hubby had decided to start graduate school, so I soon was making plans to move to where he would be in school so we could be together.

There was no formal, romantic proposal. When I had found a full-time job, we sat down with the checkbook and put together a budget. We decided we could afford to get married. The wedding details were already planned out in my head, and I definitely wanted a Christmas wedding (the church is already decorated!), so twelve weeks later, we were married.

It has been a wonderful 5 years, although it feels like we have been together much longer. In a good way, of course.

Psalm 37:4, "Delight yourselves in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart." I am thankful that God has given me the desires of my heart - to be a wife and a mother. I am thankful that God loves me enough to have chosen the best husband possible for me. And I am thankful for each and every day that we have together. I love you, Sweetheart!

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