My sweetheart said to me this morning,”Hey, am i remembering right? Didn’t I propose to you on Valentine’s Day?
That he did! We both were working in Houston at Fast Motor Freight, the late evening shift which meant all of the bills of lading had to be completed before we could leave so we usually finished about 11:00 p.m. We rode together so we had special permission from the authorities at the Christian College we attended, Gulf Coast Bible College (now in Oklahoma City, renamed Mid American Christian University) to be in late that night. But what I didn’t know was that he had asked special permission as well to be inside the Chapel at West 11th Church there on the campus of the school. So we went inside and there in the semi darkness of the chapel we he told me of his love and asked me to marry him! We took communion and prayed at the alter together. He had planned to wash my feet but the chaplian thought that that was too risky and we might get carried away. Anyway, I said YES! and we celebrated 31 years of marriage this year! And we have fought hard for every day of it! Sometimes we have fought others, sometimes our kids, sometimes the enemy and sometimes each other! But it is a BEAUTIFUL fight! And we know it won’t be over until we finish the race!
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