Quite frequently, a question is raised to either me or my wife regarding 'how we met.' This is understandably a popular question when any couple is becoming acquainted with someone or another couple, but I find that it is particularly popular with us, even among those who couldn't properly be considered "acquaintances." The reason for the intrigue most certainly stems from the unlikely match of me and my wife. Here are a few tidbits:
Shona was born and raised in a biggish city near the Metropolis (London, England); I was born and raised in Arkansas, primarily in a very small town.
She had done a good bit of international travelling and visited America for the first time at age 21; I got out of Arkansas only a few times growing up, and didn't leave the country at all until age 22.
She is highly educated and a "qualified" educator according to a very fancy certificate; I tried my best to stay out of classrooms.
She was 26 years young and working on her Master's Degree when we met in Louisville, Kentucky; I was 21 for that meeting and making an unsuccessful bid for a Bible college degree.
She grew up attending a Reformed Baptist church; I was a member of a PCUSA church until I left home for college.
She knew how to enjoy a good beer when I met her; I had consumed a few beers by that time, but the Bible college frowned on such things.
She was one of those proud "independent" types on her college campus; I served a stint as president in a social fraternity on my campus.
Well, needless to say, most folks wouldn't have looked at our biographical sketches and thought, "Hmmm, there's a good match." But at the time we met, we were in the same Reformed Baptist Church in Louisville and we were both finished with the traditional "dating" game and we "made eyes" at one another. We got over the age thing within a couple of months and were married just inside of a year from our first introduction. Neither one of us can imagine being happier. We moved to Arkansas to be nearer my family (crossing the 'pond' just didn't seem practical). God helped us to better understand Him, and we now claim to possess an historic, reformed, and covenantal understanding of the Scriptures. We are happily situated as members of Christ Church, a small community of brothers and sisters in Christ, to which our newly constructed house is in good proximity.
Shona and I now agree on what a "good" beer is and we enjoy consuming them from time to time. And we have generally been blessed by God with a marital unity which makes most all of our continuing "differences" seem either beneficial or trivial, but certainly not a hindrance. In exchange for inculturating my wife and child(ren) with Arkansan ways, I have agreed to allow the British influence of PG Wodehouse to have a nearly daily impact on my mind.
So, there you have it, a rather large sort of peek into my personal "story."
No comments:
Post a Comment