the last six years...

I have been allowing Ellis Paul to soothe my soul while I drive to work the past week or so and I feel nice and mellow by the time I get there….if you haven’t had the chance to soak in his live cd, I would highly suggest it.

We shared a quick weekend visit with Corbin, I had prior commitments to see a community production of Meet Me In St. Louis which was a very rudimentary play that lacked a lot of things including microphones so that the audience could hear the actors and actors who could sing in key. However, the company I went with was the most enjoyable part so that made up for it. We so enjoy having Corbin as company, if you haven’t spent quality time with him, I would suggest you do that as well (quite a few suggestions from me this morning!). He is gracious and earnest, he is an incredibly gifted listener and has so much interest in other people, he is completely and utterly genuine (and I hope that the next time we see him we will also get a chance to see Susan again as well).

I spent yesterday afternoon baking for the State Fair and we took a jaunt down to the fair grounds last evening to drop it all off. My husband is gracious enough to support me in everything that I do, even if it means holding a cake, in a basket, for 45 miles, in front of the air conditioning vent in order to get the chocolate that was drizzled on top to firm up before dropping it off for judging. I am blessed to have a husband who is willing to do that and more for me…we will have been married for six years on Saturday.

I really can not believe that it will have been that long, most days it seems like it just happened but then I am overwhelmed when I think of all of the things that have happened in the span of that time, we have: been on staff at three churches, were somewhat forced out of the Nazarene Church, attended school at three different places and completed two master’s degrees, lived in three homes in two different states, have bought three cars all by ourselves (and felt more grown up each time), I have worked for two different organizations and he has worked for seven (ranging from church to retail to maintenance to teaching), we have suffered through the loss of two friends and a miscarriage, we have taken in two abandoned pets, have made new friends, lost touch with old friends and have become reacquainted with lost friends, been to two class reunions, have walked the shores of the ocean and two of the great lakes, have driven thousands of miles, and fallen asleep side by side over 2,000 times. We have shared and done so many, many more things that I can not even begin to describe or put into words...but with each one, I become more and more thankful for the husband I have been blessed with and with each one, I continue to learn to become a better person, wife and friend.

I love being married to my best friend, and once again, I would suggest it to anyone who has found their soul mate – and that is my last suggestion of the day!