September 7th, 2010, Santa Ynez Valley, California
The day I’ve been waiting for has come and I’m so excited. Excited because I know. I know you are the man I not only love, but the man I need.
You have extended grace and forgiveness. You have shown me love in spite of fault. You have displayed strength in my weakness, culpability in my failures, and organization in my creative chaos.
Today, in the presence of our Almighty God, amazing family, and astounding friends, I vow promises to you and have a great counsel of witnesses to hold me accountable.
Matthew Ray Olthoff, I promise to love the Lord my God with the totality of my being; with all my heart, soul, mind and strength…
I promise to never give up on the quest of learning and discovering you…
I promise to love you even during the times I may not like you…
I promise to be committed to honest communication…
I promise to remember to put the tag of the fitted sheets on the side nearest to the wall and never load the dish washer because we both know I’m horrible at both those things…
I promise to let you make the executive decisions for our family, though I will always give you my opinion…
I promise to work on my bad submission skills (we both know I’m sub par in this area)…
I promise to be by your side living in an apartment or in a mansion, riding in public transportation or in a Lamborghini, eating hot dogs or filet mignon…
But most importantly, I promise you before our Almighty God that I will NEVER cheat on you for forsake our vows of fidelity. I will NEVER leave you. I will NEVER leave our family.
Your home will be my home.
Your bed will be my bed.
Your children will be my children.
Your God will be my God.
Matthew, please take me to be your wife and I vow to be your best friend until the day that I take my last breath. I love you.
Photo by uber fabulous brother-in-law, JD
Tomorrow the ever amazing Jon Acuff will be posting here! Are you excited? I am 🙂
Today, I went to the beachfront with my kids. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She put the shell to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is entirely off topic but I had to tell someone!
Great comment – I love it – I hope I will find a way to subscribe here to your website! Thanks!
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Hey, I added your link: http://biancaolthoff.com/archives/1314 to my blog under the title In The Name Of Love » Blog Archive » the day has come….
How did you meet your husband, how old we’re you. Is your story posted somewhere? I could use the inspiration to Believe!