Happy Valentine's Day! I thought I would tell you all about my Valentine.
Josh is the youngest of three boys and was raised right in the town where we live now. I didn't meet him until the second semester of my freshman year of college. He was a sophomore and had just changed his major to Radio and Television Broadcasting. I was a Broadcast Journalism major. We were taking a class together.
His first impression of me: I was stuck up.
My first impression of him: I don't even remember the first time I met him.
What's funny is that Josh is very tall... VERY tall. But the first time I do remember him was someone remarking about how tall he is. I didn't even notice until then. That's how it's always been with him. I've never really had a hard time with our height difference. It feels natural. There are other people that I will stand next to or talk to and I will feel short next to them, but not Josh.
Through our shared classes we became fast friends, despite our first impressions. But I was not the least bit interested in him as anything other than a friend. I was dating others, the wrong type of guys, and was going down a very wrong path. I knew Josh was interested in me, and I (ashamedly) used it to my advantage when I needed it. He knew, he KNEW I was the one. He just waited and prayed... patiently. He KNEW I would get my heart right and marry him one day.
It took me a year to get my heart right. During that year Josh was my sweet friend. He called me during the summer, and still did things with me during the next school year. We were so often together that people would ask if we were dating (my boyfriends at the time were at home, not school) and I would sarcastically remark back that we were madly in love.
By the time second semester rolled around, Josh's patience was waning, but my heart was starting to get right. He started pulling away, just as I realized how much I cared for him. We began to date, and it wasn't long before I KNEW, too. God had meant for us to be together.
We were engaged seven months later.
We were married one year after that. That was 8 and a half years ago.
Josh is the most unselfish person I have ever met. He always puts the girls and I before himself.
He loves me, despite all my faults.
He loves the Lord and is a good leader of our family.
He is willing to do things at our church (like leading congregational singing) that he is uncomfortable doing because he realizes this is a job that needs to be filled and that God is the one Who is getting the glory.
He adores his girls. The other day Ainsley came up to him with one of her Strawberry Shortcake dolls and asked him which one it was. He said, "That's Orange Blossom," without even a thought. This guy who grew up playing with Matchbox cars and GI Joes now knows the names of all the Strawberry Shortcake characters.
He's quiet, until you get to know him. In a large group, he will keep to himself.
On the big things in life, we always agree. We only argue over the silliest of things. (Like the color of our couches.)
He makes me laugh.
He makes me smile.
He works very hard to support our family. He gets to work at 5:00 a.m. every day.
He put my career before his for many years.
His ego was never hurt when I made more money than he did. He was just proud of me.
I think he gets along with my brother better than I do.
He loves my family. He enjoys having his in-laws visit.
He will be very embarrassed when he reads this. (He was.
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He would eat spaghetti every night if he could.
He hates pickles and green peppers.
He can fall asleep anywhere, any place, in any position and in an instant.
He likes to play sports.
He is a die-hard fan of the Red Sox, Patriots and UCONN Huskies.
Until he met me he had never been farther west than Greenville, South Carolina.
He is the tallest Jewish person you will ever meet.
(His family converted a very long time ago.)
He is always busy. He hates having nothing to do.
He is my perfect match.
Happy Valentine's Day to my Valentine.
Comments (21)
Great post. I enjoyed hearing your story. In fact, you inspired me to write my own. :) Happy Valentine's Day!
Aww! Thanks for sharing about your 'valentine" :) He sounds like a special guy! Have a very Happy Valentine's Day! You are loved with an everlasting love!
I so enjoyed this! Wow, what a most wonderful testimony to the Lord! I will make certain my daughters come by and read this today!
Blessings and love, ~Mrs. Amelia P.S. You were and are a beautiful bride!
What a really sweet post! You are truly blessed! Happy Valentine's Day!
Amy
So what are you doing today? I am doing my own post right after this. SO I will be ready for the hostage exchange ;)
Oh, this was so sweet and I enjoyed reading it immensely! :) God is so good!
I do hope you get to stop by my sister's site--and thanks if you do! She'll enjoy meeting you, I'm sure. :)
Happy Valentines Day!
Laurie
I love this blog so much! It is so special to read of someone love for their husband and I always have enjoyed hearing how women have meet their life time mates. Thank you for sharing! I was blessed!
What a beautiful tribute to your husband. How sweet. I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's day.
Our hubbies sound very much alike!
This was a fun post to read. It gave me a real glimpse into what you and your hubby are really like. Like the others said, you've inspired me to share our story too. I'll get to that soon.
Alesha
Oh how I love a good love story! Yours is especially sweet!
I wish you many, many Valentine's with your dear husband!
~Nadine~
What a great post in honor of your hubby! Hope things are going well with you. We have been busy here, inspite of the weather.
Have a blessed weekend. Julie
This was so sweet, I enjoyed getting to know the 2 of you better!
A good marriage is something to continually thank God for. You and Josh are a match made in heaven!!
What a beautiful and loving post about your 'perfect match'! (..and my husband can fall asleep easily, and anywhere, as well!) You are a beautiful family, and so very blessed! I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day together! Thank you for being so faithful in visiting! I've been wanting to come by, but with my son home, we've been so very busy! He'll be going back on Monday, :o( and hopefully things will slow down again ... but, then I'm going to start the decluttering again ... Spring is coming and it's the perfect time! You have a wonderful day!
Blessings,
~ Deborah <><
Good morning Cathi-The dr said probably 18 months to 2 years. This is quite a commitment for myself. Oh well. I guess it will keep me young-
Have a great day-Julie
Very, very sweet!! Hope you enjoyed your Valentine's day!
This was very nice :)
I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day!