16 years ago, 1 fateful September night, Greg and I met for the 1st time. We were both joining a new bowling league dedicated to a friend that was killed in a car wreck just days before. We became fast friends and spent plenty of weekends hanging out with our friends, going to football games, bowling, and eating bad foods. We even went to high schools on opposite corners of the road in Santa Maria. After graduation we took a few classes together at Allan Hancock, took more than a few afternoons ditching class to go and drive to Pismo, heck.. we even worked at the same gas station in Orcutt. We were always laughing, chit chatting, doing our thing. Back in those days we were merely just friends.
It wasn't until after a very life changing 1997 that the tides started to change. Late in the year after spending just over half a year apart over a silly disagreement, we reconnected. January 1998 we started dating, a month later we were moving on a whim and starting a new life in Visalia, and that May 2nd we were engaged. Lots of planning, changing plans, making new wedding plans, changing those plans, and then changing plans yet again, we set a date and a place, and December 4th 1999 we took a walk down the aisle. 7 years later and 1 extremely great kid down (hopefully 1 or 2 more to go), the rest is history. It's been quite the ride the last 7, with a major move, 2 educations down, new careers, and who knows what the future has in store for us. I know for sure that I chose the right partner for this journey we are taking.
God blessed us that one day back in September of 1993. If it hadn't been for that league starting and us needing another member to join to make it enough to keep the league going (Greg was the final addition to the league), we might never have even met.
I was going to post a few pictures of our weddin' day as a trip down memory lane, but thanks to my $#^@$* printer/scanner, I was unable. If I can figure it out I will add some pictures of us from way back when.
3 comments:
hey kids,
did you get our anniversary card? i hope so. your new blog is so endearing. i cant tell you how happy we are that you and greg have found out what true happiness is. i'm so touched that you feel the same way about each other that your father and do. believe it or not, even after 34 years of marriage, we cant go a single day without at least a glimpse of each other, and at least a kiss to start the day. it only gets better as the years go by. knowing you'll always have a best friend to get you through all the good and bad times of life. having belly (and any other little ones to come) only makes it all the more precious. thank god you have the joy that everyone should experience in life. i'm proud that you both have taken on one of life's hardest paths: loving someone more than yourself and sharing that love with your children so that they can pass it on later in their life. it is the greatest joy of all. hope you had a great day and remember how much we love you.
as ever
mom
hey kids,
your anniversary blog is so touching. you'll never know how much it meant to me to read it. we're so happy that you feel that way about each other. true love is so hard to find these days. count yourselves lucky to have found each other. even though we have been married 34 years (as of Dec 9) we still cant start a day without at least a kiss and an i love you. thats what love is about. spending the rest of your life with your one true best friend. then sharing that love with your children so they can pass it on in their lives. then you are truly blessed. much love and happines to you both and ever more love through the years.
as alway
mom, nana debbie
Ok - I just have to interject here and set the record straight. See, I happened to be "be around" in those early years with Annie and Greg in high school, bowling, and so forth. And I distinctly remember repeatedly asking AnnMarie on a number of occassions, "do you like Greg as, you know, 'more than a friend'" and she'd say things like "no way" "that'll never happen" "when hell freezes over", etc. But I saw it coming. They are perfect match - they couldn't resist each other for long.
P.S. If it wasn't for AnnMarie and Greg's wedding, I would have never met my husband. ;) Funny how fate works.
Franny
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