day by grace: Adolescent Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to us.

Well, do people celebrate the anniversary of when they started dating ("dating")? Or when they met? We haven't really celebrated over the last few years and even before we got married didn't usually make a big deal out of it, but... it's nice, right?

E and I met in high school. He played tennis and I played softball and the practice/utility field that we used when the softball field flooded every year was right next to the tennis courts. Not that I hadn't noticed him already (I mean, there were only about 400 kids in our school). I thought he liked my best friend at the time (she was tall, skinny, fashionable and a little slutty while I was horribly awkward). Amazingly, he liked me. He really liked me. :)

Could the formal outfit in the top corner and his hair be any more late-90's?

I feel so lucky and blessed to have found love and a best friend and partner at such a young age. Were we idealistic and dumb? Probably. Did we at least not pull a Cory and Topanga and wait to get engaged and married until we were (mostly) done with college? Yes.... although I sometimes wonder if it made a difference.... No matter. I have to trust that we are where God meant for us to be and although I really wish He would give us some insight into his plans and especially His timing so that I could have an easier time trusting and letting go a bit... He got us this far.