These are the hands that will...

Justin, thank you for being my friend and husband. We met briefly five years ago, have 'known' each other for four, and have been married today for three. Thank you for making today special. It is so nice to just relax today. Our wedding was filled with moving into our first house two days before, my hectic and stressful job demands, stress, and the letting go. We enjoyed running around historic San Antonio on our honeymoon, staying at the bed and breakfast, meeting Patricia, watching an Aggie football game and running from Hurricane Rita. Our honeymoon was filled with unexpected turns, but we made it. And, we didn't leave any scratches on the rental car, even though we had two gas cans strapped down on the trunk. We didn't have a stove our first month of marriage in our new home - and meals in the crock pot were not the best, but we ate it anyway. By our first Anniversary, this time two years ago, we were in Fort Worth, looking for an apartment. We were putting our home up for sale, starting new jobs, packing up our short memories, and moving. We were also two months pregnant with Jacob, so traveling to San Antonio, eating fast food, looking for an apartment were not fun with morning and night sickness. Our first anniversary was celebrated in sadness with hope for this new adventure we were taking on. Last year, our second anniversary and our first with Jacob, was one of the first times we left Jacob with a sitter and went on a date. We ate a Mi Cocina downtown. You made me feel beautiful even though I was not back to myself. And, this year, you have made our special day wonderful. Last night you took me to buy a pretty dress for our date tonight. I didn't find anything. But, maybe I have other plans for you! Just wait and see! I cannot express how relieved it feels to be at rest. No hurry and bustle. No stress from major decisions today. Just you and me, finding ourselves in who we are today. I love remembering who we were and how we should stay that way. Three years ago I walked down the aisle, with tears in my eyes - of sadness for leaving my family and joy for cleaving to you, and, today, thank God for his provisions. Thank you for being my friend and love. Thank you for our first date where you tried all kinds of things to get me to hug and kiss you. I didn't give in. Instead, I talked your ear off, for nearly two hours, about how much I loved the Bible and what it says, how amazed and dumbfounded I am by God's grace. You did not run away, you stayed and pursued me, and months later we finally kissed. Today, you still pursue me when we play 'chase' with Jacob. Thank you for being the first and only honest, decent, honorable man I had ever dated. Thank you for being a wonderful to me! Thank you for your hands that provide and love. Love and Kisses on our third anniversary.