10 Years Ago

This is Coy and I at our first photo encounter. Although he doesn't remember this moment as well as I do, (because he was such a pimp-daddy in high school and was apparently taking pictures with different girls all the time) I was in love from the moment I laid eyes on him and probably taking this picture was one of the best moments of my life thus far.

There is a vague recollection before this time of meeting in junior high and hanging out briefly, but that is a blur and could be disputed because we don't have proof, like we do here!

I had seen Coy at various state youth activities and was immediately smitten. You recall those boys you liked in high school, who you only saw periodically, but when you did you could focus on nothing but them? This was how I felt about Coy. This picture was taken at Indiana State Youth Convention, a convention for youth from the Church of the God that meets every year in November. I was a junior and Coy was senior. Even though we had this picture together neither of us really remember hanging out extensively, however, I have to believe that we did hang out at least a little and didn't just randomly pose for a picture together! And in case you were curious, I did crop out two other people from the photo...because really, the important people are still showing : )

Little did we know that 10 years later we would be madly in love...and married! It's crazy the way that life works...I guess crazy isn't the word when God is involved. So rather, it is a miracle to look back and see how God wove each of our lives individually and then brought us (back) together in a way that only He could orchestrate.

Last weekend we went back again to the Indiana State Youth Convention with our church youth group who we both now work with. It made me stop and think about the fact that there could be teenagers in that crowd eyeing someone from across the room who they could years later be married to. You never know what God can do! It's weird to experience something as an adult that you are used to experiencing as a teenager...at least this time around Coy will actually remember me being there with him!

Here is the group that we took to convention, and they are AWESOME! They are kids that seem so much more mature and open to the Lord then I was at their age. They amazed me throughout the entire weekend and I am proud to be their leader and their friend.

Watch out kids...you could be married to the boy or girl beside you one day!