May 15th 2004

I Danielle take you Steve (I Steve take you Danielle)

 As you are now

And in whom you will become

 loving what I know of you,

 trusting what I do not yet know

No matter what life brings our way

I will be your best friend,

Your confidant

And strongest supporter

I will grow with you

In life and love

for all the days of our lives.

Let these words be remembered and placed in our hearts each time we have doubts, each time we fail to believe in the other person. Let us live for each other, for our truly amazing son that we created together and for fulfilling a lifelong commitment. Not taking anything for granted, with a sense of gratitude for every blessing we have no matter how small, for the unknown that is yet to come our way, planning as best we can but living for each moment knowing that it could be taken from us in a blink of an eye, grateful for every moment whether easy, hard, difficult or rich, stormy or full of blessing. We don’t know what is around the corner no matter how hard we plan. Loving and caring for each other in this very moment in time is all we truly have, why miss it, why linger on past regrets or future things that may never happen. Life is amazing and things happen for a reason, even if we somehow never figure out what the reason is.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things (1 Corithians 13:7)

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1)