One of my favorite Valentine’s Day was in 1979. Debbie was a senior in high school and I was a junior. We had just started dating about three months earlier. After basketball practice on Valentine’s Day, I got dressed up in my 100% polyester brown suit (Not Leisure Suit) with my wide, short brown tie, and I took out the most beautiful girl in the youth group (wearing a maroon dress) to a restaurant called Goodtime Charlie’s at the Falls in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We had a great evening. I got her a special card and gave her a heart necklace. We ordered butterfly shrimp and enjoyed the evening talking about the future and what we wanted to accomplish.
What a future it has been! I never thought sitting there that night that we would look back on that evening 28 years later and say that was the start to a beautiful love story. A love story, where we have placed God as the head of all our decisions and callings of life. One that we have enjoyed as life-long partners helping each other become the very best in our spiritual, emotional, personal and professional walks. One that has blessed us with two sons that have been so rewarding and special.
Debbie, this Valentines Day, I remember that special evening in 1979. One that I will always cherish because I spent it with you!
(P.S. Sorry Deb, but I have a basketball game, as usual, that I must supervise tonight. Rain check on a special evening out)
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