........the kind of which fairytales are made

Their story is the kind of which fairytales are made........

He was three…..she was only a few weeks old. His sister was five...........her sister was three. Because her family was no longer together just before she was born, her sister and her mommy moved to a new town. Mommy needed a job and found one at a beautiful little glass chapel. His daddy worked there and his mommy became the baby sitter for her sister and her. At three years old, he was intrigued by her and would peak into her crib and then dance around, hoping to draw her attention. She would laugh at his silly antics. For almost a year, his mommy looked after her and her sister, while her Mommy worked at the chapel. And she loved when his daddy would carry her around on his shoulders while she laughed and held on.

Church on Sundays found them on the beautiful glass chapel grounds. In children’s church, all of them loved to listen to the bible stories being read by their teacher, who was her babysitter during the week. Even she, as small as she was, loved to sit on the teacher's lap while the stories were being read. She loved the pretty pictures in the book. And, she laughed while the bigger kids played around her.

It was a year later and a big day! Her Mommy was getting remarried! His Mommy was her Mommy’s bridesmaid and his daddy sang at the wedding on the grounds of the beautiful little glass chapel.

When she was two and he was five, his family moved away and the families kept in touch for a time. Fast forward sixteen years. She had just graduated from high school, anticipating college……social media was the going thing and there he was……that little boy all grown up playing his guitar with a band. She instantly knew him when she saw his picture. Keeping in touch was easy once again with texting, phoning, and face timing. And, then they met…….face to face………for the first time in all those years.

Fast forward four more years, she is graduating from college ; he is finishing college . This little boy, who was one of her very first friends, will become her husband when his dad officiates at their ceremony at that same beautiful little glass chapel from long ago. And now, after all these years, these two families will be reunited and united.

There was that day many years ago that was painful….painful for all involved. It was as though God had closed the door to happiness......permanently. Yet, through the closing of that door, another door was opened; a door that lead to relationships and happiness that would never have happened otherwise.

Are there times in your life when you feel all the doors to your happiness have been closed? You feel God has turned His back on you and you have nowhere to turn? Remember this; God has a plan. That plan may not reveal itself for weeks or months or even years but His plan is always perfect; His timing is always perfect. Be very careful not to step ahead of the One who created you; the One who knows you so much better than you know yourself. But, look for that open door He wants you to walk though.........thank Him.........walk through it and watch the blessings He has for you.

Your granddad and I love you, dear Christen and Malachi. And, as you continue working toward your master's degrees, we pray God’s blessings on you both. He brought the two of you back into each others lives six years ago. And, in 2014, He united you as one for a lifetime before your family, your friends and most of all, the God Who loves you both and has a plan for your lives together.

Happy 2nd anniversary, you two!

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." Genesis 2:24 (KJV)