7 years in!

7 year ago I married a man that I thought was great.  The thing was I didn't really get how great.  When we first started dating I didn't see it at all.  In fact I wanted to toss him to the curb.  But Mary and Sandy saved him from that fate.  Thanks for that old friends.

When I see Jason now I see a strong, independant, loving, caring, and open man.  He is a great husband, father, and friend.  I have been so blessed to have him in my life.  When I was younger I was convinced that there wasn't anyone out there for me.  That I was just going to be along forever.  And I was ok with that.  But then Jason walked into my life and I was never the same again. 

It's strange how life is.  We spent years crossing paths and never met.  We went to high school together.  Drove on the same bus every day for a year.  Went to the technology campus together.  Bowled on the same night at Lakes Bowl.  I bowled on the women's league and he bowled on the men's league.  The same league that my dad played on just at the other end of the alley.  We never met until I was a bartender and his brother, Jeff, was a cook at The Hardware Store.  Then when he gave me his number I freaked out!  Not only was his name Jason (the same name as the guy I had just stopped dating) but he was standing right next to a guy that I had just went out with one night earlier. (Awkward!)  I never called.  A week later he and I happened to be hanging out at the bar together and started a wonderful friendship.  After a little while we went out on a date.  It was the weirdest, strangest non-feeling date ever.  After a few weeks I decided I was done and that's when Sandy and Mary stepped in.  Mary told me, "Your right.  He's to cute and to nice.  You should break up with him."  So I gave him one more chance.  Something happened after that and we were never apart again.  6 months later he proposed and 1 1/2 years later we married.  Oct 22, 2004. 

7 years ago I said "I Do" for better or worse, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, till death do us part. I mean it as much today as I did back then. Even though our days might not always be perfect, I couldn't imagine going through it with anyone but him. 

And here's where we're at today.