12 Years

Once upon a time I thought this boy was super cute.  And sweet, and funny.  I kind of liked him a lot, and I sort of knew he liked me.  I could just tell.  We were in band together and Spanish class.  We did the typical high school tease, annoy, flirt routine.

We had mutual friends and we had hung out a few times outside of school.  I started to wonder if he was ever going to ask me out.  Twelve years ago today he finally did.

We went on our first date to dinner and played putt-putt.  Afterwards he officially asked me to be his girlfriend.  I will never forget the way he looked at me in that moment when he was telling me how he felt and asking me that question.  If I could live that date and that moment over again it would be better than all the romantic movies I could ever watch the rest of my life.

Needless to say I said yes to being his girlfriend and today marks 12 years that we have now been together.  Life is crazy and wonderful.  I have loved our journey together so far and am excited to see where God takes us in the next twelve years.

Oh high school days.  We really were just big kids!