08/03/91 is where Our Story begins.....

The happy couple...

On Saturday, August 3, 1991, I married the love of my life. 

My hero.

My best friend.

My protector.

My encourager.

My sweetheart.

Fast forward TWENTY YEARS. I wouldn't change a thing and I'd do it all over again.

We wanted to do something special to commemorate this 20 year marriage milestone. 

Our dear friends generously shared their beach home so we kissed the kids goodbye and took off for the week. 

Special dinner...gift from friends

He knows his steak's coming...

This beach house is special to us. Our friends have owned it for about a decade and they've shared it with us since day 1. Hero actually helped move the furniture into the house when it was brand new.

My favorite spot in the house is way up on the third floor balcony in the wicker swing. So, at 3:00 p.m. on August 3, 2011 - the exact time we got married twenty years before - we made our way to the swing. We had written letters to each other to read in this moment. With a warm gentle breeze and swing quietly rocking, we shared our words with each other. This moment was a holy one...just as it was 20 years before.  We then began reminiscing and remembering and wow, the memories began to flow. One long-forgotten memory led to another. We laughed. We cried. We loved.

We renewed our vows to each other after a great celebration dinner at Tommy Bahama's. We made our way to the same balcony, same swing. Between the Father and the two of us, we pledged our lives to each other once more.

We were both so grateful for this time together. It was a time of refreshing, renewing, and strengthening of an already beautiful relationship.

His own words say it best:

Twenty years later, I see real Love in our midst,

a fairy tale love story only The Divine could put together.

I love you, I love you, and I love you.

I not only say it, but we are living it.

A Divine Love Story.