New Year's Eve 2009. My best friend, Justin Chapman, and his family invited me over to bring in the new year with them, instead of me sitting home alone like I planned on doing. After hours of family game time, we watched the ball drop in New York and "WOOHOO"ed our way into 2010. Even the moon celebrated the new beginning by shedding her usual silvery light and trading it for blue.
Par family tradition, we had communion to start the year off focused on the One Who Makes All Things New. During the personal prayer time after communion, Justin and I both simultaneously felt Him speak to us, telling us we would marry each other. This hit us out of nowhere - neither of us had even contemplated the idea of dating each other, let alone getting married! We stayed up until 5 A.M. discussing the idea of a relationship and all the ramifications of it. Our decision was that we would not make any hasty decisions, but spend time discussing it and praying about it. One week later we started dating, and we have been together ever since.
Some things only happen once in a blue moon, and she was definitely blue that night.
Over the past year Justin and I have continued to work on our relationship, growing closer to each other and to God. We've had our ups and downs, but we're stronger than ever and can't wait to see our future together.
This New Year's we celebrated one year together. It was the most beautiful night of my life.
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