Nearing the end of summer, it seems as if weddings are in the air. All around me many of my friends and family are tying the knot. Brent was cleaning out his computer last week and ran across a toast I had given last Christmas at my best friend Liz's wedding. In honor of this wedding season and in honor of the Morrows, I share this toast with you. I hope it reminds you of your own marriage (if you are married) and encourages you to embrace one another and simply enjoy the journey.
Wouldn’t it be nice if life came with directions; if we knew the exact location of every intersection, every turn to make, every bridge to cross? Things might be a lot easier with a map, but then again I suppose they might be a lot less interesting too. A road map for life would probably have given me specific instructions about who to go to dinner with, where and when one evening about 6 and a half years ago. That would have kept me from bumping into this girl named Liz who stood in the lobby of our dorm at Baylor with the same lost look on her face as I had on mine. Interesting is probably an apt choice of words to describe the friendship that would come from that chance happening. A simple set of directions probably would have had us in our dorm beds sleeping comfortably in the middle of night before every test rather than hundreds of miles away finding our way home from a Tim McGraw Concert, but how fun would that have been? A simple set of directions would have told Liz and I not to go in a lot of directions that we went together, but we sure had fun and we’re here to tell the story none the less. We’ve found ourselves inadvertently flirting with Sonic Drive In employees asking them if their bacon is crispy, when really we just wanted to know if their bacon really was crispy. We’ve found ourselves in Houston threatening our significant others within an inch of their respective lives not to make one more U-turn…and somehow that was funny – to them! We’ve been a lot of places together, even the country of Africa, right Liz? Nevertheless, the memories are mine and Liz’s, but the point of the story is for Allen.
You need to know that you’ve married a girl who doesn’t follow directions very well. In fact, she doesn’t even like to hang out with those who do. Nevertheless, there is one enduring truth that I have cherished for 6 and a half years and now you get to share in it. The truth is, the directions are far less important than most people seem to think. Even the destination is worth less than we might realize, but what really matters is who you take the trip with. With a girl like Liz at your side and with a family like the Aldriges at your back every turn is the right turn, even if it is a U-turn!
Take care of her! I love you both!
December 13, 2008
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