Twenty-three years ago Kathy and I were married. We had recently finished college in Virginia and spent two weeks hurriedly throwing together the last details of our wedding. A number of Kathy’s girl friends from college came and worked for a whole week in advance, and the big day came together.
It has been a pretty good life, if I do say so myself. We have laughed a lot, raised five children, and been involved in many different kinds of ministry at various churches. We are both very hopeful that we will be able to grow old together, if the Lord permits (and if He doesn’t return).
For our 20th anniversary, we traveled to our favorite Caribbean island of Providenciales, but this year we just stayed home, puttered around the house, had a date at Lowe’s and went out for dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant. As Kathy remarked, “When your every-day life is as good as this, it is hard to feel deprived when your celebration is low-key.”
A few months ago, I stopped drinking Diet Coke. Well, technically, I only stopped buying Diet Coke. I can drink it if someone else buys it for me, but for some reason my friends and acquaintances haven’t been lining up to buy me my favorite soda. I keep dropping subtle hints (like this blog post) but it doesn’t seem to do any good.
My Sweetie is good to me, especially when she buys me Diet Coke.
As a ‘thank-you-for-writing-AWANA-software’ gift, Kathy gave me two twelve-packs of Diet Coke — it still brings a tear to my eye when I think of her thoughtfulness.
We also are celebrating Joshua’s homecoming this evening — he flew home tonight to spend a week with us before he rushes off to his summer-long research fellowship at Baylor University. It is such fun to have the whole family re-united, if only for a few days.
Joshua was tired from his travels, but cheerful and full of interesting stories, as usual.
Welcome home, Joshua! Happy Anniversary, Beloved!
Project 365, Day 143
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