Eleven Years Ago

We first met at the county fair.

We were introduced by mutual friends.

Not on purpose, we all sort of ran into each other.

God knew what He was doing.

Eleven years ago,the night we met, I never would have imagined

my life like this.

I had recently divorced a man that I met at

Bible college. It was a hard and horrible time in my life.

I never thought I would divorce, I never

thought I would date or even marry again.

Then I met Jon. He's everything that I'm not.

He's shy, he's careful, he thinks things through.

I'm chatty, impulsive, spontaneous.

We hit it off right away.

We became fast friends. Before we knew it, we were dating.

Two years later, we were married.

Jon is my best friend. I love him more today than I did yesterday.

I respect him as a husband, father, man.

I am amazed that we met at a fair. I am amazed that

the man the Lord picked out for me was not

from Bible college, he was not

from my church. He was at the fair.

Eleven years ago we met. We talked about

running, we shared fry dough.

I thought he was awfully cute.

He just rolls his eyes when I share that information.

Every year we visit the fair where we met.

We force our children to hear about that night.

We make googly eyes at one another (well, I make the

eyes. Jon endures them).

I can't imagine what my life would have been like without Jon.
I know that God brought us together for a purpose.
As I look into the eyes of our four children, I am thankful that
I went to the fair that night and happened to run into some friends.