So the last couple days, I have been looking through some old journal entries. It makes me very sentimental for the old days. Not to mention very grateful that I took time to write some of these things down! Again, the memory – not so great over here.

Anyway, I was reading an entry from December 4th, 1994…so I was 15. In church that day, we had talked about the ideal qualities that we wanted in our future mates and I recorded the traits I was looking for. Thought I would share a few of those, since most of them came with the man I got!

-Has goals and works hard to fulfill those goals.
-Is good with kids.
-Is good-looking with a cute smile and preferably dimples.
-Funny, sense of humor, can make me laugh.
-Educated so that he can make lots of $$.
-Loves to have fun.
-Honest.
-Very nice and sweet, loving.
-Can sometimes spoil me and the kids.
-Wants to have 2 or 3 kids.
-Faithful and loyal.
-An individual but not too weird. (Haha)
-Accepts others easily, is easy to talk to.
-Mostly happy, but not afraid to cry.
-Can understand and comfort me when I cry (sensitive).
-Outgoing
-Can cook and clean.
-A party animal. Just joking.
Well, I think that’s it. Whoa that’s a lot. It doesn’t seem like a lot at first, but it is and there’s probably things I haven’t even thought of yet. Sheesh. He’s gotta be one great guy.

I thought it was funny that I had those high expectations, even at such a young age. At that time, I figured I’d probably be married by 19 with kids by 21. Kinda glad that didn’t go according to plan! I would have married the first guy I kissed! Anyway, cheers to my awesome husband. He lives up to everything I had hoped for and more – even the cute dimples. Lucky me!