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September 07, 2003

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Only 365 days...

This weekend, we are staying at the in-laws’ again. They went out of town for a family event down in Virginia North Carolina (TS, 09/08/03) where they are commemorating a new memorial that has been built in honor of one of my mother-in-law’s great, great uncles. Thankfully, we haven’t had any occurrences like last time.

Stacie, Julianna, Tim, Bill, John - Longview Chapel, September 7, 2002Today, Sunday, September 7, 2003, marks one year of marriage for Julianna and me. Wow… So much has happened, yet it’s only been 365 days.

I have learned a lot in the past year. It’s amazing to me that our brains and souls can accept and reject and store and delete such a large amount of information (knowledge, wisdom, love, pain, joy, heartache, idiosyncrasies, etc.). And how much one knows another is never completely fulfullied until a spiritual marriage becomes the bond between the two.

A year seems like so long ago when I think about everything that has transpired, but when I look back upon the year as a physical unit of time and space, it doesn’t seem like such a long time at all. All I can see is love and gain, sans every single one of the “tough spots” — where learning about each other was more painful than I would have ever expected. In fact, when I reminisce on all of those “tough spots,” I can only see the good that came out of them; miracles that we fail to see until we reflect.

I love you, Julianna, and as I quietly placed the card next to you while you were sleeping this morning, your serene slumber said it all to me, “This is one of those reasons why you got married, Tim: to witness this display of beauty and peace every morning for the rest of your life.” And, like I wrote in the card that is awaiting your awakening eyes: the last year is but one drop in the ocean that is our life together.

Thank you for a wonderful first year, Julianna. If the following years are as good as this one was, I will die happy. The glorious fact is, I know they will be even better!

I thank our Lord every day for giving you to me.

Posted at 09:14 am

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Comments (5):
tim and julianna —- congratulations!!! i am so excited to hear about your anniversary and how the Lord has blessed BOTH of you in your first year of marriage. i only pray that for myself when it is His time for that in my life… you are an inspiration to what is in my future… oh, and by the way, you will die happy.

glad you both are friends! ~j

jason () (URL) - September 08, 2003 at 01:58 am

Congrats to you both! I wish you many more blessed years together in happiness.

Cynical Tyrant () (URL) - September 08, 2003 at 09:31 am

wishing you many more years of happiness and may you both draw closer to each other as you draw closer to God. :)

md () - September 12, 2003 at 12:48 am

Thanks everyone — who commented and e-mailed! We appreciate your prayers and kind thoughts!

timsamoff () (URL) - September 12, 2003 at 05:30 am

congrats on the anny… if you’ve made this long, you can make it all the way!

sarge () (URL) - September 12, 2003 at 07:05 am

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