This past Friday I had the privilege of performing the marriage ceremony of Judah Dorn and Michelle Harvey. Both Judah and Michelle were on my junior high staff at Forest Home in 2004 and I had been Michelle’s youth pastor while serving at Foothills Evangelical Free church in RSM. After the wedding I was sitting in the back room with my family trying to remember back to the day I married Tamara. It was 14 years ago today, January 7th. We were so young. 21 and I was 22 years old. While I am not amazed that it lasted this long, I have these moments along the way where I can’t believe how much we still love and care for each other. That’s not to say our marriage is perfect but I do realize that over the years, our relationship, the way we care for each other, talk and listen to each other, and live life together is getting better, not worse.
This year has been crappy and as Tam posted this week, we’re still in the middle of it. That being said, I am thankful to be married to such a fun, intelligent, beautiful, passionate, and caring wife. I’m thankful she is healing and not getting worse. And I’m thankful for Dr. Punjabi (sorry…that’s mildly inappropriate but it’s true). I’m just thankful to be married to Tamara for 14 years and look forward to many more years of marriage.
Finally, Tamara actually wrote
I, Nate
Take you, Tamara
To love and to cherish
To comfort and to forgive
To live as one with you
In sorrow and in joy
In need and in prosperity
In sickness and in health
Forsaking all others and cleaving only to you
Loving God with all my heart, soul and strength
And growing together with you in faith, hope and love
As long as we both shall live.
Thank you to our friends and family that have supported our relationship over the years (especially this past year).
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Awww, Nate. I love you too! -Tam
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