Today Dixie and I celebrate 13 years of being married! Dixie already knows this, but I have a horrible long term memory. I definitely remember some of the highlights from Aug 5th, 1995, but I don't remember that day as vividly as Dixie does.
I remember my cue to walk out with my best man and Sam's dad (who married us) was Robert Shaw's choral performance of "What Wondrous Love is This?". I remember when those back doors to the auditorium at Northside opened and I saw my bride in her dress for the first time. I literally, had my breath taken away. Literally. It was like I my lungs tried to breathe air two or three times but I got none. I remember how Dixie's beautiful dress shone like like light in contrast to the bright orange carpet.
I remember at the end of the wedding, after PawPaw offered a prayer of blessing and ended it with a "So be it." that Dixie and I turned to face our family and friends and I was giddy.
The reception is even more of a blur in my mind. Cake, punch, visiting. I didn't much care for the reception. I was ready to go. We only stayed a couple of hours (good church of Christ wedding receptions are pretty short with no dancing or bar), and then we set out on our own. We hit the Sonic on the south side of town and headed for a few days at South Padre Island.
We had a blast! Even though we were only kids, it felt like we had longed to be our own entity for a long time. Finally we were.
We still have fun together. We still treasure times together. We still love being married to one another.
Love you sweetie. Looking forward to the next 13!
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