t can't be pinned to a specific date, but it was without a hesitation or even slight doubt that I decided that one day I would ask you to marry me.

Sure, there had to be a process of getting to know each other and to make sure that we were both willing to make sacrifices to care
for one another, but,
when it's right,...you know.

Frequently I'm reminded of your caring nature, the smiles, trusting confidence, truly intimate times when our hearts connect, unexpected gifts, your unstoppable desires to be with me and the list doesn't end...
How does God work these things out? How privileged we are to have a creator so divinely interested in us that he would bring us together the way that He did.
In my mind the word perfect is a way to describe love, because there is no such thing as
a perfect spouse...
just a perfect love at its many stages of commitment.
And the closest to perfect
that I can be, is when I'm loving you.

What do you really get to know about a person in 23 months of dating? How do you really connect to the heart of another human being? Without rejection, without fear of being hurt, without being misunderstood or even ignored... how do you create a relationship built on intimacy and trust?
Is it through arguments? Accountability? Or even just being available?

All those questions and so many more have plenty of time to be answered the hard way.
The one question I know I don't have is
whether or not I love you...

As a young 15 year old boy I can remember writing out the uncompromising virtues and characteristics that I wanted in my future wife, and the nights that I prayed for you. Longing so bad to have you there by my side, asking God to protect you and develop you in His image. And somehow, God heard me
and decided to bless me with all that I asked for and so much more.

I can't say that going the first 23 years of my life without knowing you was my first choice, but seeing how things have worked out the way they have...I wouldn't have it any other way.

I love you so much, Allyson. And I can't wait to see what God has in store for us to become,
as He makes us one.


      Love Always,
                        Bryan