J + C...

ten years ago...

we said "i do" for the rest of our lives...
in times of rejoicing and excitement...
in times of anguish and sorrow...
for the good times and bad...
for the happy and sad...

when life hit us so hard and we had no where else to turn...
when no one else was around to pick us back up...
when we had no idea that anything could be more precious...
when we had no idea that anything could be harder...

accepting blessings and gifts from the Lord with open hands...
and returning them back to Him with praise in our hearts...
accepting trials and frustrations with questions on our minds...
and once again - returning them back to Him with praise in our hearts...

learning to lean on each other and grow from our mistakes...
learning to trust in each other as God's chosen help-mate...

ten years can feel like such a long time...

but i pray that its only just begun!!!!