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| 2004 |
I wrote this a while back for a shutterfly book I made for Fred, I wrote all about us and our first date, how he proposed, our wedding. Since it's our anniversary I thought I'd share the story of our first date 10 years ago! I like to relive this special moment, the beginning of our love story. Here it is, once upon time:
Fred
and Nancy were both 16. Fred was a greeter at a small church. Sunday mornings
he would greet people outside coming into church, but he would always wait
anxiously for one special person. As a gold van pulled up to the building
Fred's heart would pump faster and his palms would get sweaty. There he would
see Nancy coming out of the van with her family. He would politely shake
everyone’s hands but shaking Nancy's hand was his favorite because he secretly
liked her. He didn’t know at that time but she also liked him.
One
day at church Fred bought a WWJD bracelet for Nancy. He handed it to her and
shyly walked away. She didn’t know that Fred had bought this bracelet
specifically for her and since he quickly walked away, she thought he was
handing them to all the people at youth group but he was trying to show her
that he liked her. Later he befriended Nancy and he would take his friends to
church to show them the girl he secretly liked.
As
Nancy and Fred became better friends they would talk on the phone all the time
and wrote letters to each other back and forth. It was obvious that they both
felt the same way for each other, so Fred asked Nancy on a date.
Nancy
asked her parent's and they agreed to let her go with him to the movies but
she had to take Mercedes her foster sister that lived with them because she
could not go alone so Fred took his friend Richie to also accompany them.
At
the movies Fred paid but Nancy had a coupon, her thriftiness surprised him and
made him like her even more. Then the couples separated, Fred and Nancy went to
watch Tom Hanks', The Terminal. They sat next to each other both with hope that
they would hold hands but they were too shy to make the first move so with joy
and excitement they gladly shared the armrest.
For
dinner they had Del Taco, it was Fred's favorite but he was too nervous to eat
his food. Nancy was very hungry so he offered his fries and she didn't
hesitate, she ate them up! Fred's love for her just kept growing so he knew
what he had to do next.
That
night Fred built up the courage to ask her to be his girlfriend. Richie and
Mercedes took a walk while Fred and Nancy sat on the bed of his truck. It was a
June summer night with a chill in the air. Fred lovingly offered his cardigan
to keep her warm, she accepted. Fred was unlike any other guy she had ever met.
He had her heart.
It
was time to take her back home so they got in the truck to pick up Mercedes
down the street. As they were driving Fred finally said what he'd been wanting
say to her all night, "Will you got out with me?" Nancy replied,
"Where?" He then made himself clear and with embarrassment explained
that he wanted them to be girlfriend-boyfriend. The question caught Nancy off
guard, this was their first date and she didn't expect Fred to ask her to be
his girlfriend so soon. She was speechless but pleasantly surprised!
At
that very moment Fred pulled up to Mercedes and Richie. Nancy got out of the truck, she
opened the door to let Mercedes in. Fred was panicking not sure what
Nancy's response was going to be, he got out to let Richie in and
forgot to put the breaks on! When he realized the car was slowly rolling away
he quickly jumped in the car and slammed on the breaks and the door on Nancy's
side swung and hit her from the impact!
Fred
was so embarrassed and felt like a failure. He had just made a fool of himself
in front of the girl he loved. Nancy was nervous to respond because as much as
she wanted to say yes, she was not allowed to have a boyfriend. Her parents had
agreed to let her date until her senior year in high school, she was barely
going to be a junior that fall.
Fred
walked Nancy to her front door unsure of what she was going to say. They paused at
the door and Nancy explained she had to wait a year before she could have a boyfriend.
She wasn't saying no but she was saying wait. Fred loved Nancy and was willing
to wait for her until she was allowed to date. He admired her willingness to
honor her parents and wanted to do the same.
For
a whole year Fred and Nancy were friends, they got to know each other and loved
hanging out together, their love for each other grew and grew. That next summer
before Nancy's senior year of high school her parents gave them the blessing to
become girlfriend and boyfriend.
And 5 years later they married and 5 years after that they
celebrated 10 years of love and had 2 babies!
I
love you Fred, I love that you still offer your cardigan like you did that day,
I love that these last 10 years have been the best years of my life. We've gone
to prom, celebrated high school and college graduations, got engaged, got married, relocated states, got
a dog, started careers, suffered miscarriages, bought a house, had two
beautiful boys, we're kinda broke but rich in love and blessings and unbelievably happy!
The Lord has been good to us, we don't deserve it. May our marriage always
point to him and may we glorify the Lord together in all we do. I love you
handsome. Happy 5 years of marriage and 10 years of love!
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| 2004 |
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| 2005 |
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| 2006, Senior Prom |
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| 2007, He Proposed! |
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| 2008 |
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| June 19, 2009 |
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| 2010, 1 Year Annversary |
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| 2011, 2 Year Anniversary |
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| Fall 2011 |
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| 2012, 3 Year Anniversary |
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| Our first child is born, July 25, 2012 |
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| Spring 2013 |
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| 2013, 4 Year Anniversary |
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| Our second baby born, November 11, 2013 |
