A Letter To My Wife, On Our Anniversary...

A letter to my wife, on our anniversary....

Elizabeth,

Ten years ago today I was preparing myself to meet you on an altar in a country church in western New York. Ten years ago we made a promise to one another, to stay together and love one another through thick and thin, good times and bad. We made these promises before the Lord of the Universe who has been with us and has blessed us through our first decade of life together.

I’m so glad we made these promises to each other ten years ago today.

You have been my companion through the thick and thin, the good and bad. You are my friend and lover. You have stuck by my side even when I was difficult to stick by. If there is one quality that you have shown me it is that of your faithfulness.

You are a faithful wife, a faithful mother of our children, you are faithful in the running of our home, and faithful in your walk with Jesus.

You have been my faithful companion.

I thank God, honey, for your love, kindness, patience and faithfulness to me. I don’t deserve the love you give me, yet you give it freely. You are fun, energetic, passionate, compassionate, patient, and more. There is no one else I would rather be spending my life with.

So today, on our ten year anniversary, I want to tell you that I love you. That I would marry you all over again… I am more in love with you today than I have ever been. And I sooo look forward to the next ten years (and more!) together.

I love you. Happy anniversary.

John

Early Years

I was preparing this morning to write another post on my wife and my marriage together as we lead up to our 10th anniversary. I picked up an old photo album that I haven't viewed for a while and perused through the pictures. How fun!

The pictures were of the time before we had our first child, before the days of digital cameras, before my gray hairs showed up on the scene. I noticed that my face seemed to be a little thinner back then, it's gotta be something to do with the lighting...

So, from deep in the vault of our family photos, here are some favorite "couple" shots of our early years together. Each one painstakingly scanned in for your viewing pleasure. And of course, my wife made me sign a contract that no pictures would be placed on my blog of her without her approval, so each picture has been given her official stamp of approval (I may have had to persuade her to allow one or two to go up :)

Enjoy!

First Dinner Date! (just started seeing each other, we're not excited at all lol)

It's Official! This was soon after I asked Liz to marry me... she said yes!

Shortly after our engagement

Yes, I had red hair

One of our favorite pics, taken on a NYC trip. Riding the Staten Island Ferry,
Statue of Liberty in background

Whale watching in Massachusetts, more like freezing cold water watching

Caught me a good one :)

Yes we did.

Uhh, not sure...

Another fav, camera on a timer, NYC in the background,
Liz pregnant with our first baby, Lauren.

Wedding Day

This is post two as I will be posting here and there some special and fun pictures of my wife and I as we lead up to our 10th anniversary this December.

This is one of my favorite pictures from our wedding day. It wasn't taken by a professional photographer, rather, the moment was caught I believe by one of Liz's uncles. The picture was captured when we were walking through the reception hall, everyone clapping and cheering for the new couple. As you can tell, we were pretty thrilled too :)