Ten years!!

Craig and I are celebrating ten years of marriage today!! Can you believe it?!?


Our wedding was an absolute dream, with a fairy tale honeymoon that followed. We have been blessed beyond measure, and by the grace of God have tremendously enjoyed growing together over the last decade.

I'll try to keep this brief, but let me explain how I knew that we were meant to be.

Craig and I met, and worked together, beginning in the summer of 1993. Upon Donnie's passing in 1994, I took a semester off from PSU and worked at Arco. We had our first date on September 30, 1994, a short 25 days after Donnie died. (BTW, he came to Donnie's viewing prior to our first date, a gesture I will never forget).

I was a MESS. Nineteen years old and trying to make sense of the tragic events we were facing. I explained to Craig that it would be fun to hang out, but I didn't really have the mentally capacity to even think about a relationship. He was cool with that.

A few weeks later, we were going out on another date (maybe our 3rd or 4th) when I pulled up to the ATM machine to get some money. He handed me his card and told me his pin number.

I dropped the card.

I said, "excuse me?" He repeated.

I couldn't believe it, but we had the same pin number. He said that he always used that number, as did I.

That pin number was Donnie's birthday.