3/25/2001

Ten years ago today I was a 15 year old sophomore in high school. My biggest concerns were passing my classes, what my plans were for the weekend, and who Joey was going to finally chose on Dawson's Creek. The furthest thing from my radar was finding a husband. However, that is exactly what happened.

In February of 2001 my friend and I were at the mall picking up clothes for the upcoming Valentine's day dance. She was waiting to order food at Arby's and since I had already eaten I decided to sit in a booth and wait for her. In the meantime a boy from our school, who I had only ever talked to a handful of times before, sat down next to me and started to talk to me. We didn't talk for more than a couple of minutes, and I didn't think twice about it... until that boy started messaging me on ICQ (remember those days!).

After a month of talking to him online and on the computer, on March 25, when Mike asked me out I answered yes, mostly because I was tired of him asking me.

Mike was only my second boyfriend, and I never at any point thought that we would ever get married. Yet here we are today, 10 years later, married for 3 years, and still going strong!

Even though I was not looking to find my husband, everyday I thank God that I decided to say yes on March 25, 2001.

The past ten years have been quite the ride. We have definitely grown up together, we have survived high school, college, grad school (almost!), jobs, a wedding, moving to another state and so much more!
These ten years have been absolutely amazing, and I am so thankful that Mike is in my life. I cannot wait to  continue on this journey with my best friend.