Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday was our 31st anniversary - of our first date. Bennie and I met in early June, 1974, but he didn't ask me out until June 24th. We have always celebrated this day. Actually we are celebrating tonight, because I was at Youth Conference yesterday. Being at YC always brings up memories of our dating years. I guess because they talk about it so much at all the classes and seminars. At one point yesterday afternoon two of the girls from Dobson and I went to swing during one of the free times. There were three swings pretty close together hanging from branches of huge trees outside of the art building on the Wake Forest campus. One was especially fun because it hung from a really high branch, so you just seemed to glide forever. Anyway, one of the girls and I got to talking about my past. She was curious and asked me what I had been like as a teenager. I told her some things - my marijuana-scented jacket, the skinny-dipping hitchhikers, etc. Then we got into me and Bennie and how we came to be members of the church. And then we talked about our attraction to each other, and I guess about how come we still have a strong marriage. So I was trying to explain to her about things she should be looking for in a guy. She is fifteen and spent a lot of time the last couple of days on the phone to her boyfriend. So, I was saying how it is easy to look at someone on the outside and just see a good looking guy, but you have to be looking for more. I said that may last for a few years, but people's bodies change over time, and you don't want to end up with a really boring person. Which brings me to my original thought when I started updating this blog today. Bennie is not and has NEVER been a boring person. He has always interested me in so many topics. He makes me laugh, and he is the easiest person in the world to talk to. I always tease him that he has an answer to every question I ask, whether he knows the answer or not he will give one. I have a good time with him, and I'm glad I have him as my eternal companion.