I always wanted to marry a man like my dad. Someone who was wise and had a good head on his shoulders. I got what I wanted. Dan is quiet (unless around his family) and he is reserved, but he has so much wisdom. I know that if I go to him with a question of ANY type, he will have a great answer. Now to be honest, this can get a little bit annoying, when he always knows more than me about EVERYTHING....but at least I get to reap the benefits of his knowledge!!!!!
He is a man that can DO IT ALL!!!! Can't tell you how many THOUSANDS of dollars he has saved us by fixing our cars, he can fix almost anything! When we lived in Arkansas, he made me a wooden screen door with our anniversary carved in it!!! He took my papaw's old porch swing that was falling apart and copied it and made my papaw a brand new one for Christmas! He seems to know what means the most to people.
I Love that he is so grounded in his faith and his beliefs. From the start I knew he was a faithful man. With his desire to serve the Lord being one of the first things that caught my eye. Now most of you know that in my house the rule was that I was not allowed to call boys. But when Dan came along, he was so shy and quiet, I would have had to wait a year before he called me. So I broke the rules and called him and asked him out! I am so glad he said yes. He changed my life!
We went to the county fair for our first date. We had such a great time. I was worried that he would not talk very much and it would be awkward, but I was so wrong. It was just right and it was a night I love to look back on and remember. June 22, 1997!
He was so sweet through our dating! We spent all the time we could together after the first date. I remember one day, after dating about 4 months I was sick and at home. When he stopped by and brought me some ice cream and a card. (so romantic) So I opened the card and there on the front was a huge picture of YODA. Yes the green guy from star wars!!!!!! I was not sure what to think...Yoda is not my idea of romantic, but then I opened it and the most romantic saying was on the inside!!! It said "Yoda One For Me"!!!!!! (sigh) It was so sweet and to this day he still tells me that!! I have a HUGE Yoda collection too, all from this little card!
It was six months of dating before Dan said he loved me. This meant so much to me! I knew that when he finally said it, HE MEANT IT! I don't understand this saying "I love you" in the first couple weeks of a relationship. Since Dan took his time, I had security and confidence that he held what he said in high regard and that it was not just something he said lightly! I knew it meant forever!
When we had been dating for 8 months I went on a trip to Peru! It was so hard to be away from him for those two weeks. Harder than I EVER thought it would be! I knew that if it was that hard, I NEEDED him in my life for good!! And I prayed for the day he would purpose! I arrived home on Valentines day, and part of me hoped he would ask me then, but he didn't. He did have a dozen Pink roses and a special tape of songs he made for me!
I did not have to wait long, 8 days after coming home he purposed! On one knee in my parents living room, he asked me to be his wife. I said "YES!!!" and he opened the little box in his hand. And there was diamond earrings!!! Yes, I said earrings! They were beautiful and as he explained himself I fell more in love with him. He wanted to let me pick my ring, but still get a diamond when he purposed!!!!! ROMANTIC!!!!
It was so neat to see everyone so excited for us. When it was announced in our church, our pastor said "this was a match made in Heaven!" and then when we went to Oroville and to his parents church, the pastor there said "I am so glad the Lord gave Dan to Rebekah and Rebekah to Dan"!!!!!
I of course wanted the big traditional wedding! And it was fun planning it and all that great stuff, but never once did the desire to have the "perfect" wedding, become bigger than my desire to marry Dan! We wanted to keep the focus on the "marriage" part of the wedding and did most of the planning on the wedding. We did not do a dinner afterwards, much to my mom's dismay, but we liked how the actual wedding was the main part. Dan's dad married us and that was very special. The wedding was so great! The very BEST part was knowing that I was Dan's wife. I could NOT have done better!!! The Lord Blessed me July 25th 1998 with Dan!
Gonna take a break, but will post another here shortly...so many wonderful things about my man, and I am enjoying writing about them!
STAY TUNED........
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