The Promise

It was June 1983.
I was 18 years old.
He was 20.
We were so in Love.
We always told each other "I Love You to Pieces".
Bunger said she would give it a year.

Well...Bunger was right about many, many things but, she got that one wrong! It is 27 years later and we are still married.

Seeing this picture brought back so many memories of that day. We were young and invincible, convinced that we could conquer the world together ...completely free from the real worries that the years would bring...Rusty was so handsome...I wore Teresa's gown...I forgot to bring our marriage license to the church so somebody had to go get that...I forgot my slip so Teresa gave me hers...My Uncle Larry walked me down the isle...We were surrounded by all our friends and family...My Mamaw's sweet sisters made my cake and all of the food...My Mamaw and my Mother looked Beautiful...The weather was beautiful...The way Rusty looked at me when we faced each other to say our vows gave me butterflys...Someone wrote on my Jeep "Going to the Beach to get a little SON"...We got lost driving to the beach...We stayed at the Yachtsman in Myrtle...The ice in our Champagne bucket was melted...We had one of those Old Timey pictures taken that still hangs on our bedroom wall...

There are many memories but these two I will NEVER forget:
1) Danny wrote "HELP ME" on the bottom of Rusty's shoes in big white letters that was revealed to everyone when we knelt down to pray and...
2) Linda Costner told me that the ceremony was the sweetest thing she had ever seen. She said it gave her goose bumps because Rusty looked at me like he could eat me up!

I have many things to be thankful for.
But, right now, on this day I am thankful for the promise that we made on June 11, 1983, thankful that we kept that promise and thankful that sometimes Rusty still looks at me like he could eat me up!

Rusty...I still Love You to Pieces!