Thanksgiving 2010
I've told you before, even today, that life became mysteriously more important the moment we were married. A quiet but deeply rooted motivation, fulfillment, and joy exists in my soul now. Even in ordinary moments of every day, I find myself aware of your presence in my life and see myself through your eyes. I am consistently eager to do everything I do with you in mind, to please you, support you, partner with you. I am no longer my own.
I don't know that I have ever had something I was... permanently grateful for. I can't think of anything given to me that I felt like was a lasting treasure. True, I've been grateful for experiences, for lessons, for visions of our wonderful God that have given me a grander and yet more intimate perspective. I've been grateful for the provision of a home, job, and other essentials, of a particular friend, of my family's care for me. But never anything that was tangible and timeless.
You are so surpassingly endeared to my heart and my soul, that I actually fear you will be taken from me prematurely. I fear that God may grow jealous of my love for you. But I hope that he will simply be patient, knowing that I am in an indefinite stage of awe and wonder, that will likely evolve into something different, if not more mature, with time.
So thank you. Thank you. Thank you, for marrying me. Thank you for desiring me. Loving me. Liking me. Cherishing, serving, challenging, and leading me. I am crazy about you.
Happy first of many Thanksgivings to come, Aaron. <3
I don't know that I have ever had something I was... permanently grateful for. I can't think of anything given to me that I felt like was a lasting treasure. True, I've been grateful for experiences, for lessons, for visions of our wonderful God that have given me a grander and yet more intimate perspective. I've been grateful for the provision of a home, job, and other essentials, of a particular friend, of my family's care for me. But never anything that was tangible and timeless.
You are so surpassingly endeared to my heart and my soul, that I actually fear you will be taken from me prematurely. I fear that God may grow jealous of my love for you. But I hope that he will simply be patient, knowing that I am in an indefinite stage of awe and wonder, that will likely evolve into something different, if not more mature, with time.
So thank you. Thank you. Thank you, for marrying me. Thank you for desiring me. Loving me. Liking me. Cherishing, serving, challenging, and leading me. I am crazy about you.
Happy first of many Thanksgivings to come, Aaron. <3