Bud & I recognize a decade..

I still laugh when I think about our story.

A story that started out when I was a freshman riding the bus home from school.

Bud sat in the back of the bus with his brother and their exchange student.

I remember that day specifically.

The topic of the homecoming dance came up and Bud asked me if I was going.

I told him I didn't hadn't been asked by anyone so I wasn't sure.

I asked if he was going.

His response was along the lines of, "Well there is this one girl I want to ask, but I'm not sure if I'm going or not".

I thought I was giving all the right signals but what happened next threw me for a loop.

All of a sudden he said, "I know, you should go with my brother"!

I froze...deer in headlight style...and then in a knee jerk reaction I said, "I don't have a dress".

That didn't help.

Bud replied, "He'll buy you a dress".  

I was trapped. 

Apparently, Bud's brother had a small crush on me.

I agreed and my crush on Bud started to fade.

** I ended up canceling on my now brother-in-law, I got my first boyfriend and told him that I didn't think it would be appropriate for me to go with someone I wasn't dating. 

***My then boyfriend moved away and didn't show up to the dance as he promised.

****It's all irrelevant now

Fast forward to my junior year of high school.
Bud had graduated and we had just started to hang out as friends.

Ten years ago today I was asked a question that changed my life.
"Will you be my girlfriend"?
I actually thought Bud was breaking up with me (apparently I thought I already was his girlfriend).
As I was leaving work one night, Bud met me at my car and started to explain how he didn't feel that it was right to make-out with someone who wasn't his girlfriend.
He felt convicted by our little make-out sessions....blah blah blah...

Okay so the blah blah blah part is all I heard at this point because I had already tuned him out.
I had been here before.
The part where the guy gives a lame excuse for why they didn't want to date me.
I remember I actually started to put my car in drive when I heard him say it...
"Will you be my girlfriend"?

Of course I would!
So that was the beginning of Bud & Biz, officially.
There were a couple times when I thought we were breaking up.
But God had a plan that was bigger than both of us.

Because of Bud I started going to church again.
He built me up and encouraged me unlike any other boyfriend I had had before.
He continues to build me up and shower me with love.
Ephesians 5:25 says, "For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church.   He gave up his life for her".
Bud exemplifies this verse.
I laugh when I think about how he tried to set me up with his brother.
I giggle when I think of how silly I was to think he was breaking up with me.
I smile when I look over at him this very moment and see him holding our baby girl.
Loving her and showering her with praise.
Someday she will start dating and then Bud & I will be able to tell her our story.
I pray that we will raise her to be picky.
I pray that God will guide her heart.
I know he'll provide her with the perfect partner just as he did me 10 years ago.

A decade goes by in a flash.
I'm looking forward to the next decade with my best friend!

I hope you all had a Blessed Monday!