My wife has been asking me for a long time to write a blog (she says it’s other people who have been asking her), and today I thought that seemed like a good idea:
Today, June 17th, marks our one year anniversary of being married. This year has really gone by so quickly and it has been so full. In that time, we have traveled through many places and time zones, and spent time with lots of friends and family literally all over the world. I'm sure we've changed a lot too, probably without always knowing it or feeling.
I suppose that there is no use in trying to explain all that we’ve done in the past year or where all we have been. My wife does such a good job of keeping everyone up to date. I guess we should just say quickly that this year has been full of travel (I wish I could calculate the mileage, but I guess lots of people would find such information ridiculous anyway), full of challenges, full of great and interesting people, and full of great blessings from God Himself.
I’m privileged to have such a great wife. I like to point to our wedding pictures and tell her “that was the day I became the most fortunate person in the world”. It was a beautiful day, and a celebration of God giving such a great gift to me.
Life is so precious and goes by so quickly. We’ve been told too often (and believed too easily) that “life is cheap” or that our lives don’t matter. But each life is important and precious, and we are grateful for our lives together.
I guess I should also admit that since I watched the movie “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” that I have been plowing through the 7 Chronicles of Narnia books that I got here in Chiang Mai at a used bookstore. I think it affects my ability to write sentences in the way I normally would. C.S. Lewis certainly had a way with words, and the books are a great treasure, but his style is definitely way different than mine (normally). But because I’ve been reading so much of them these days I find myself saying silly things to my wife in a fake half-accent that is supposed to sound like 1950’s British English. Anyway, the point is that I recommend the books for their terrific descriptions and allegories, and I apologize if anyone was reading this blog and thinking “that seems the oddest of fare the way in which he has just described a year’s worth of happiness in such simple terms”.
I guess that’s all for today. I hope all of you are doing well. May God bless you.
