Most importantly being the fact that I got engaged in December.
This happened.
I can't explain how happy I am. We're getting married May 17th and I can't stop myself from counting down the weeks, even days, until I can finally spend every minute with this guy.
We've been through so much together. Highs and lows, and through it all we have gotten so incredibly close. My heart knew as soon as our eyes met that he was the one God intended to be mine forever.
God certainly works in mysterious ways. When we first met, I never dreamed we would be counting down the days until we got married. And sitting here now watching him sleeping on the couch beside me, I find myself looking back on those first days and weeks that Grant and I started building that foundation of our friendship/relationship.
From day 1 Grant has made me happier than I literally ever thought possible. When I met him, I was in the middle of the biggest, most painful storm I've ever experienced. But whenever I was with him, regardless of what was going on around me, my heart was happy again. Truly, genuinely happy. He made me forget about the hurt I was experiencing and he made me feel safe again, something I had been longing to feel for some time.
I got to that point that when I walked into a room, my eyes immediately started searching for him. and when our eyes finally met, it was like everything in the room disappeared except for him. He was (and continues to be) my sanctuary, my safe spot. He's my rock and I draw so much strength from him.
I know this all sounds so cliché but I can honestly say that I've been blessed with that fairy tale love story with him.
We both had a past, and with previous relationships I had been in, it seemed that that past mattered. But with Grant, it was all about our future. Never "hey lets talk about how you messed up", no judgement. Just grace and patience as I worked through my emotional baggage and began to heal. Step by step he was there holding my hand, not pulling and tugging me forward, but giving me the strength to take it as slowly as I needed to.
Everyone is familiar with 1 Corinthians 13, and we all know "love is patient, kind..." etc. But never in my life (besides Jesus of course) has anyone SHOWN me love like Grant does. With him, I never have to doubt whether or not he will be there for me. He may be late :) But he is always there for me. He looks out for me, he protects me, and he truly treasures me. He puts my interests before his, and he does his best to keep us right with God and to ensure that our individual relationships with God are growing as strongly and stronger than our relationship with each other.
I love sitting with Grant and talking about having kids (we already have names picked out), and talking about future houses and jobs. It's no longer 2 separate lives that we are a part of, its one life, together, for the rest of our lives.
He loves my family. He jokes with my dad, he laughs with my mom, he and my brother are close. He's the best fit for me and my family.
I thank God every day for Grant and for his strong presence in my life. It's seriously the greatest gift he could have given me. I have a strong, godly, trustworthy man in my life forever that cares for me like no one ever has. He's perfect for me. And I love him so much.
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