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Shana over at Love Truthfully asked me to be a guest on her Wednesday Wife series. I just had to take her up on the offer as I have loved reading the other ones in the series! She asked me several questions about our marriage and how things have changed in our marriage. Here is a little snippet for you!
1) Tell us your courtship story. How did you meet and end up married?
On one morning in October of 2010 I set out to do a 15k running race. I had started running a few months previously and recently moved to town. I heard this was a great race to do, but couldn’t talk anyone into participating with me. I decided to go solo and do it anyways. After the race I was standing around waiting for the race result which was taking a very long time. I overheard two guys talking about their times and comparing them to last year. Seeing how it sounded like they had done this before I asked them about how the results worked. We all started chatting from there. When it was time to leave we all left with a, “See you around.” That day we all Facebook friended each other. (Ryan and my perspectives on how we met are a bit different!)
Ryan and I chatted for a while on Facebook and ended up meeting up the next evening.We literally talked for hours that night and about some really deep stuff. From there we started dating. In September 2011 Ryan and I went to Switzerland where Ryan raced in the World Championships for dualthon. That is where he proposed! Since so much of our relationship was surrounded by racing we decided to compete in the race we met at and then get married a few hours later with a running themed wedding. The only issue was that was only 7 weeks away! We planned our wedding in 7 weeks which was actually pretty simple. It was the best day ever!
2) On your wedding day if someone had asked why you were getting married, what would you have said?
From the day that we met up and talked for hours, I felt like Ryan really understood me. My mom has always said I was “beyond my years” and always had a hard time finding people that understood my beliefs, desires, morals, and just me in general. With Ryan I felt like I could be completely open. I didn’t have that feeling of needing to be artificial. Every time we were together I felt completely accepted and loved. It is a feeling that I have never had before Ryan entered my life.
I really enjoy reading your blog and some of the articles have really made me think about things differently and I appreciate that. I noticed I can’t find where you sent the report, The Secret to making your Husband feel loved. I
must have deleted it or something. Is it possible to send it to me again? Thanks so much for all the hard work you
do on your blog.
I really like your marriage story! It must be so nice that you both met each other doing your own thing that you enjoyed and then you found each other while doing it and now can do that hobby together!
This just makes my heart so happy. What a true blessing that the Lord makes us perfectly for one another! xox