A year ago today she took me as her husband. She was stunning! A long white dress with pleats, her hair was up with about 100 bobby pins, her make-up was unbelievably beautiful. When she first appeared, walking to be at my side I had tears in my eyes just from her beauty. It is an amazing feeling to be the groom-to-be and to see your wife look so beautiful. I was amazed at the emotions it made me feel. Though she didn't know my father because he passed away before we ever knew each other, it was her wish to honor him and to include him in our wedding by having our wedding on his birthday. She is so kind, so beautiful, and so amazing! We've now been together for a little more than 4 and a half years and each day she seems to teach me something new about how to be a better person. If you knew me prior to her being in my life I had no direction. My life was a series of worthless jobs that I never commited myself to. She changed that. Just because I wanted so badly to be with her for the rest of my life and I wanted to be able to provide for her and give her the life she had always wanted and deserved. She made me want more. She made me believe I deserved more. She made me believe in ME! We met when we were bowling against each other in a league on Monday nights. There is one particular Monday that will be in my memory forever. I liked to get there early to practice and on this particular night, after throwing the ball I turned around and there she was. Her shirt was a silky black shirt with small flowers on it. Her hair was long, past the middle of her back and almost to her butt, and it was culred like she does sometimes. I tried to think of something clever to say, but I was so in awe of her beauty the only thing I could manage to say was, DAMN! She was and always will be the most exotic and beautiful woman that I have ever known. We started coaching kids together on Saturday mornings and even though we had only been on a couple of dates together I told my mom that I knew that I would marry her one day. She laughed at first, but then I told her I was dead serious. I knew that she was the perfect woman. Now we are 4 and a half years down the road, and nothing has changed. I love my wife the same today as I did when I told my mom that we would be married. She is still exotic and beautiful, she has inspired me to achieve more by going back to school to get my degree. I don't have a lot to give her in terms of money and material items, but I would give her anything I have to just to see her smile. And not just any smile, but the smile that comes when I have made her happy. It is a feeling that can only be known by someone when they are or have been deeply in love. To see her cry hurts me to the very depths of my soul. When we met we both felt that Corinthians 13 was perfect for us. As many couples have probably felt. "Faith, Hope, and Love, but the greatest is Love." That is the specific line that really seemed to ring true. But now I read it again and see more and more that the most fitting line is, "I may understand all things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains, but even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing." The only thing I would alter about this quote is the end. I would make it, "if I do not have HER love, then I am nothing."
This is My love, My life, My Wife!
Mary Lynn Allmon Camp and Evan Alexander Camp
We began our Journey on 09-06-2008 each day is another step, guided by faith, hope, and love.
Happy Anniversary, I love you!
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