Today, Scott and I celebrated our 2 year dating anniversary. It kind of made me sad. In 43 days that anniversary will be non-existant. It’s funny to think about, that 2 years ago I was absolutely gitty because that cute boy from Bible study, whose hand I had held 2 days before, was coming to pick me up, take me to dinner, and go see a movie for what was then $2 Tuesday.
We went to Doc’s. I got the Stacked Chicken, he got a steak. When he ordered it medium rare, I knew I had found a winner. I joked about how I usually got the pasta there, but I didn’t feel like it was a good first date food. Too messy. He wore a green, long-sleeved polo and asked me to feel how soft it was. He said his mom made fun of him for “shopping like a girl” and that everything he bought, he had to feel first for softness. We saw “Elizabethtown,” and I rested my head on his shoulder for most of it. We went to Sonic afterwards because we couldn’t stand the idea that the date, the first of many, was over. And I loved him. Granted, I didn’t know I loved him at the time, but I did. I couldn’t see myself without him. He was in my future, always, in some way, shape, or form.
Fast forward a year. I’m engaged to the cute boy from Bible study. Fast forward another year and I’m 43 days away from marrying the cute boy from Bible study. I wouldn’t change it for anything. I love him, and I know that now, without a shadow of a doubt. Fast forward 50 years from now and I will still be so in love with the once cute boy, now cute old man, from Bible study.