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Our Dating Days
It has been so much fun to reminisce about our dating days. The first time I saw my beloved was at his baptism. Funny that weekend I was supposed to be away at a youth retreat but the Lord orchestrated a circumstance that didn’t allow me to go . I had written off men by that time but I remember thinking when I saw him up there “that is the KIND of man I am going to marry”. It wasn’t until a few months later that we actually met. Once we met, we were pretty much inseparable.
James worked at Dell and for the most part I didn’t really see him until the weekends. The odd time I head over to his place on a weeknight after work and he’d cook me garlic chicken and Alfredo noodles. I loved the anticipation of him coming over or making my way over to his mom’s place. I would get all dulled up to see him, something I have recently reinstated in our marriage you can read about that here and here.
We watched a lot of hockey in our dating days (I just wanted to impress him). Isaac and I loved going to James’ baseball games and cheering him on! We don’t watch much hockey because we haven’t had a TV and James and I now cheer on Isaac at his games!
I met James out our church and was drawn to his love and passion for the Lord (that fire, praise the Lord, has not burned out). One of the things we love to do as a new couple was talk about theology. We’d spend hours with other couples grappling over some difficult issues of Scripture. I know it sounds simple but we are simple people. I’d have say that not much has changed, except we have cut out the 2 hour-long phone calls, we still love to spend time with other couples talking about our great Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
One thing that I’m going to work on this summer is going on more dates, like we use too! Not talking on the phone for hours but face to face. I never worried about how tired I was going to be in the morning when I would talk to him on the phone when we were dating. I’d love to recapture that!
Being in seminary we had a little bit of a time and financial restraint to be with others like we wanted to. But the time we have been back home has been amazing! We look forward to being back in Edmonton and getting to know the church there and entertaining again!
I loved thinking about our dating days but I am so blessed to be married. We learned a lot about dating in our relationship and what we’d like (or not like for that matter) for our children. That maybe an entire post in it self. Here are a few photo’s of us when we were dating.
8 responses to “Completing Him~Summer Marriage Challenge”
Kristy K
June 14th, 2010 at 08:05
Thanks for stopping by over at my blog! I just wanted to let you know that I don’t always talk about s.e.x. 🙂 I started a weekly feature about it when I realized that whenever my friends and I got together, we all had so many questions or concerns about our sex lives, but we were all afraid to talk about it. I try to be as honest as possible while prayerfully considering what I write.
You’re going to Relevant? I’ll see you there! I can’t wait to meet so many cool bloggers!
DeborahDeborah
June 14th, 2010 at 10:05
Cute slide show. Stop by and read my dating story.
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Debbie
June 14th, 2010 at 14:00
Oh so sweet! You know what – even in our “broke” days, we can talk about good times we’ve had or find new ways to laugh together and it just reminds me of all the reasons God built my marriage. My husband balances me and keeps me from going off the deep end – and he’s so good for me… Your post reminded me of that especially…
Sarah
June 15th, 2010 at 00:06
Hi, I am new to your blog from Women Living Well. I love that the first time you saw him was when he was getting baptized. God Bless!
Anne
June 16th, 2010 at 12:36
I’ve just found your blog, and really enjoyed reading this. I’d love to get involved in this challenge, but am a bit concerned that I will not find the time to sort it all out! Having said that, reading your ‘story’ has encouraged me a bit. I am heading over to the church website now. I think I’ll download a sermon your hubbie preached. I normally listen to something when I’m preparing dinner, so that might be tomorrow evening’s listening!
Nice to ‘meet’ you, and I’ll definitely be visiting your blog again
Love, Anne (in Scotland) x
California Coates
June 17th, 2010 at 06:11
Thanks for stopping by Anne! Even if you don’t have the time to do the challenge on your blog, I am sure he and you would be blessed by you going through the motions without writing them down.
Nice to “meet” you too sister.
~Erin
Courtney(WomenLivingWell)
June 17th, 2010 at 09:03
I love your pictures! My husband and I used to love to talk about theology too. We’d read theology books together on our dates at the park! Fun memories! Keep the spark alive!
Courtney
Traci
June 23rd, 2010 at 12:26
So cute! Love the pictures. I am looking forward to hearing about your most recent Q & A…
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