The Wedding
Well, I made it Tulsa :) It's going to be fun. A whole month of family, friends, and celebrations.
Our family moves around alot. We all have to consult our calenders in order to plan weddings, graduations, and birthdays and then we lump them all together before we all scattered abroad or accross the country for months on end! Thank goodness there's just a handful of us!
Shawn had a vague idea what he was getting into when he hooked up with my sister, Amy :) As I write now, Shawn is in his first board meeting with my parent's ministry (Our God Reigns) in the next room.
When Shawn & Amy started getting really serious we brought him to the Philippines. That's where the rubber meets the road. Marry an Arney and you marry into the family buisness, if you will.lols. I think my brother thought he was excaping when he moved to Colorado. But they just moved out midwest. haha...
When traveling is part of your DNA. Distance is never an issue. Ever. Even for someone who doesn't drive. It's strange that so many people have such a reluctance to traveling. And secondly, that they can't get there fast enough. It would actually be cheaper for me to fly, but why? It's so boring. Why are so many people in a hurry? I actually like red lights, bus stops, buses, and long lines. Those are moments to reflect and think and consider and talk to others. One thing, I have never forgotten is that my inbox will always be full, the moments I have with another is fleeting; cherish them.
So Shawn returned from the Philippines unscathend and undetoured, He even filled out my inch thick application in record time. Although dad complained that he couldn't hardly read his handwritting! lols. And with no time to spare they were engaged! Never thought Amy would get engaged before me. Well, didn't think that would happen to my brother either. Hm, from the looks of it, I might be the last! LOLS!
As an older sister, you never really think someone deserves your sister/brother. I like Shawn in fact, I've grown rather fond of him. He makes my sisters eyes light up when he walks in the room. He's romantic, genuine and not at all passive. In fact, he's a little like me. And Amy and I have great chemistry.
I was thinking about marriage earlier this week. As I do on a regualr basis. lols. And I thought about what it would it be like if I married a man 20 years my senior. Maybe I have been frusrated with men because I am too old for them (in many ways outside of intellect), I've been barking up the wrong tree. Yes, I know the sterotypes. I've always rebelled. I don't seem to fit very well in any of my age groups. Most of the 30 & 40's are already divorced and although I do appreciate the fact that perhaps they have learned abit more about women and how to have a relationship, I don't want to be another statistic or have to deal with baggage.
What I apprecaite so dearly about older generations is their firmness, diligience, commitment, singemindedness. It's an entirely different perpective on life. They haven't got a weak, excapee attitude on life that I constantly run into in my generation. I have had to fight to breathe, to have hope, to believe against unsurmountable odds. And now, the challenges that have made me the woman I am today have not beaten me, but I still shield myself from others who try to deounce them or menimize them. It's a mindset. Why are things impossible? Why are people hopeless, critical, doubtful, scared? I tell you this is a weak, weak world. Luxury has made us wimps.
Anyways, back to the topic at hand, I've got lots of duties and I am so proud of my sister!!! Shawn said, to me last, night, "Thanks for doing the dishes, Sunny, when we have kids you can be our nanny!" Lols, Although I don't mind doing the laundry and washing dishes. I would rather be teaching English at at the ELIAS center in the Philippines~ preferably next year!
Our family moves around alot. We all have to consult our calenders in order to plan weddings, graduations, and birthdays and then we lump them all together before we all scattered abroad or accross the country for months on end! Thank goodness there's just a handful of us!
Shawn had a vague idea what he was getting into when he hooked up with my sister, Amy :) As I write now, Shawn is in his first board meeting with my parent's ministry (Our God Reigns) in the next room.
When Shawn & Amy started getting really serious we brought him to the Philippines. That's where the rubber meets the road. Marry an Arney and you marry into the family buisness, if you will.lols. I think my brother thought he was excaping when he moved to Colorado. But they just moved out midwest. haha...
When traveling is part of your DNA. Distance is never an issue. Ever. Even for someone who doesn't drive. It's strange that so many people have such a reluctance to traveling. And secondly, that they can't get there fast enough. It would actually be cheaper for me to fly, but why? It's so boring. Why are so many people in a hurry? I actually like red lights, bus stops, buses, and long lines. Those are moments to reflect and think and consider and talk to others. One thing, I have never forgotten is that my inbox will always be full, the moments I have with another is fleeting; cherish them.
So Shawn returned from the Philippines unscathend and undetoured, He even filled out my inch thick application in record time. Although dad complained that he couldn't hardly read his handwritting! lols. And with no time to spare they were engaged! Never thought Amy would get engaged before me. Well, didn't think that would happen to my brother either. Hm, from the looks of it, I might be the last! LOLS!
As an older sister, you never really think someone deserves your sister/brother. I like Shawn in fact, I've grown rather fond of him. He makes my sisters eyes light up when he walks in the room. He's romantic, genuine and not at all passive. In fact, he's a little like me. And Amy and I have great chemistry.
I was thinking about marriage earlier this week. As I do on a regualr basis. lols. And I thought about what it would it be like if I married a man 20 years my senior. Maybe I have been frusrated with men because I am too old for them (in many ways outside of intellect), I've been barking up the wrong tree. Yes, I know the sterotypes. I've always rebelled. I don't seem to fit very well in any of my age groups. Most of the 30 & 40's are already divorced and although I do appreciate the fact that perhaps they have learned abit more about women and how to have a relationship, I don't want to be another statistic or have to deal with baggage.
What I apprecaite so dearly about older generations is their firmness, diligience, commitment, singemindedness. It's an entirely different perpective on life. They haven't got a weak, excapee attitude on life that I constantly run into in my generation. I have had to fight to breathe, to have hope, to believe against unsurmountable odds. And now, the challenges that have made me the woman I am today have not beaten me, but I still shield myself from others who try to deounce them or menimize them. It's a mindset. Why are things impossible? Why are people hopeless, critical, doubtful, scared? I tell you this is a weak, weak world. Luxury has made us wimps.
Anyways, back to the topic at hand, I've got lots of duties and I am so proud of my sister!!! Shawn said, to me last, night, "Thanks for doing the dishes, Sunny, when we have kids you can be our nanny!" Lols, Although I don't mind doing the laundry and washing dishes. I would rather be teaching English at at the ELIAS center in the Philippines~ preferably next year!