15 Years and Counting

For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked.

~Bill Cosby

15 years ago today little Reese and little Tim thought they'd trot on down the isle and make their relationship legal, official and forever. People said "You're so young"; we had no idea that they were right. Some people said, "It will never last. Teenagers can't get married for a lifetime"; they had no idea that they were wrong. Fifteen years, four kids, two countries and a separation later... we still love each other and have begun to glimpse that promised deeper and more mature commitment that surpasses the twitterpated first flush of love. Praise God for marriage, and I thank him- and him only- that we are still together and looking forward to a bright future.

In loving you
I make myself
Transparent glass
Vulnerable
Exposed
Giving my heart
To your hands
My weakness
Protected by your strength

For loving me
I fashion you
Of strongest steel
That neither time
Nor heat
Nor cold can harm
An image of Christ
Your strength
Perfect in my weakness
(~by Reese, for Tim)