So this whole thing started here. And then I talked a little more about it here. And now, I'm talking about it a little more.
I'm nothing if not wordy.
That wedding was 17 years ago. And y'all, I still smile and almost get teary when I think about how special it made me feel for Harold to come back down the aisle to walk with me.
In that 17 years, I have made trips to Atlanta to visit, helped unpack them after a move to Nashville, helped pack them up for a move to their new house, held two new born precious babies, watched one graduate from elementary school and have her first part in a school play, watched one play in his first championship game and had a lot of holiday, birthday, celebrations and life in-between. In short, in that 17 years Harold became my friend and became family.
Lauren and Nicholas are a lot more to me than just my niece and nephew. I love them like they were my own (burps and all) and am more proud of them than words can describe. I get to see them on a weekly basis, share in the excitement of events, hug on them and give them a hard time. Their opinions and thoughts matter to me.
Who I marry has to become family...just like Harold did. He has to be excited about the things Lauren and Nicholas are doing. He has to love them like I do. They have to feel as comfortable around him as I do around Harold. They have to (need to) feel as important as I did in the times leading up to the wedding and on the wedding day. My man (that's weird to say...haha!) will be another example in Lauren's life of what a Godly man and husband look like. He will be another example in Nicholas' life of how to be a Godly man and husband.
This isn't about me being single looking for a man. It is about me realizing that when I find the person that God has in store for me, he should not only be my best friend and amazing Godly husband, but a man that my niece and nephew and look up to and call friend....and ultimately call family.
I'm grateful I can say that about my brother-in-law. I hope Lauren and Nicholas are able to say the same about their Uncle. That's a lot of pressure on a man isn't it? And for me to make sure he's the right one! :) ha!
And until I know who that man is...I'll keep praying for him. That he's being molded and shaped to be the man I am going to need and my family is going to need.
P.S. Here are some of my favorite pictures from when Lauren and Nicholas were just kids. :) Not the all grown up versions of what they are now. :) Can't you see why I want to take care of them?
Lauren holding her new baby brother!
I'm nothing if not wordy.
That wedding was 17 years ago. And y'all, I still smile and almost get teary when I think about how special it made me feel for Harold to come back down the aisle to walk with me.
In that 17 years, I have made trips to Atlanta to visit, helped unpack them after a move to Nashville, helped pack them up for a move to their new house, held two new born precious babies, watched one graduate from elementary school and have her first part in a school play, watched one play in his first championship game and had a lot of holiday, birthday, celebrations and life in-between. In short, in that 17 years Harold became my friend and became family.
Lauren and Nicholas are a lot more to me than just my niece and nephew. I love them like they were my own (burps and all) and am more proud of them than words can describe. I get to see them on a weekly basis, share in the excitement of events, hug on them and give them a hard time. Their opinions and thoughts matter to me.
Who I marry has to become family...just like Harold did. He has to be excited about the things Lauren and Nicholas are doing. He has to love them like I do. They have to feel as comfortable around him as I do around Harold. They have to (need to) feel as important as I did in the times leading up to the wedding and on the wedding day. My man (that's weird to say...haha!) will be another example in Lauren's life of what a Godly man and husband look like. He will be another example in Nicholas' life of how to be a Godly man and husband.
This isn't about me being single looking for a man. It is about me realizing that when I find the person that God has in store for me, he should not only be my best friend and amazing Godly husband, but a man that my niece and nephew and look up to and call friend....and ultimately call family.
I'm grateful I can say that about my brother-in-law. I hope Lauren and Nicholas are able to say the same about their Uncle. That's a lot of pressure on a man isn't it? And for me to make sure he's the right one! :) ha!
And until I know who that man is...I'll keep praying for him. That he's being molded and shaped to be the man I am going to need and my family is going to need.
P.S. Here are some of my favorite pictures from when Lauren and Nicholas were just kids. :) Not the all grown up versions of what they are now. :) Can't you see why I want to take care of them?
Lauren holding her new baby brother! Readin' some BSC on the porch.
The infamous glasses on Nicholas.
Holding a precious new nephew.
I have a picture of me holding Lauren too, but not on my computer. I'll add it if it gets found! :)
cheese!
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