Today, October 10, marks one year from the day I received an email from Chuck. This was no ordinary email. We had met in church on October 7, 2007 and I wasn't exactly sure what to make of Chuck at that point. :) We sat in Sunday school with Gavin and Zack and I couldn't get Chuck to say two words to me. (I later found out that he was so nervous he was too afraid to say much of anything ... apparently my smile had pretty much done him in!) Anyway, that was on Sunday. On Wednesday, October 10, 2007, I had an email asking if we could meet and talk some more. And the rest, as they say, is history. It had taken some effort to find my email address and I'm so glad he did! :)
The fun part was that tonight as we were eating dinner, Brad Paisley's song, "She's Everything" came on. (It's the song that Chuck sang to me at our wedding!) Right in the middle of dinner tonight Chuck asked me to dance. It was a great moment ... about a two minutes later we had Zack and Chloe asking if they could dance too. So, we had some family dancing time. :)
And what a year it's been! I've spent quite a bit of time today reflecting on all the changes in my life and I can't help by tear up when I think of where I was last year and what a different place I find myself in now. I have a beautiful family, three amazing kids, an incredible husband, a fun job and some time to work in classrooms, make halloween costumes and take care of the house. Sure, it's exhausting at times and overwhelming, but at the end of the day I can truly say that I'm happy. And that's a nice place to be.
Here's hoping you find some time today to stop and appreciate the finer (albeit sometimes crazy) things in your life!
Much love,
--M
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