Dreamwork's Maiden Voyage

On March 10, we celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary and 11 year together anniversary. We were in Florida visiting Dynamo's parents for the week, but we are now back in town and picked up our anniversary present. It's a Cannondale Tandem 29er.



For years I've been asking Dynamo for a tandem bike so we can do some rides truly together, and finally he surprised me with one. I was so surprised that I started to cry. At first I just couldn't fathom how I deserved such goodness. I just couldn't believe it. What a huge blessing God gave me and us. Dynamo continues to shower me with so much love and kindness truly exemplifying God's love. Once I stopped crying I remembered what Joel Osteen says about learning to accept God's blessings and favor and how we deserve goodness. That is part of our journey here. We have to accept goodness. And, we have to have grace for ourselves.



Not only has God given me the most wonderful man in the world, but He also continually blesses us with all that we need and more. As I reflect on our years together and us taking our first ride yesterday, I am reminded of just how similar riding a tandem is to trusting God. When we ride the tandem, Dynamo is the captain, which means he rides in the front. He is stronger and makes all of the decisions. When to stop. When to start. When to stand. When to shift. Where to steer. EVERYTHING. My job is to be the stoker in the back. I just sit down and pedal. That's it. All I can see is what's on either side of me and his cute backside and I have no idea where we are going. I have to have complete trust. Trust in my captain and partner. Do you find that sometimes you struggle to have complete trust in your captain? I think most of us do. It's about learning to grown in our faith and ourselves. And, it ain't always easy!



Marriage, too, is much like riding a tandem. You just have to trust one another. Sometimes one of you will need to be the captain using all of your strength to pedal forward, make the decisions, and pull the other along...and sometimes you'll be the stoker. Either way, it's about teamwork. It's okay that sometimes one person is going to need the other more. That's just life. I've learned that most of the time things aren't 50/50. That's just not how life is. No relationship is 50/50. Love doesn't keep score. Whether it's your husband, your friend, your parents, etc. just let it go. Don't always keep track of who called who and who did or didn't do what. Just pick up and always focus on giving more. Give of yourself completely and with your whole heart. For your whole life. Our favorite pastor said years ago that a good and successful marriage has two givers. So, I'm going to give my heart out and just enjoy the ride. We are only given this very moment, nothing more, nothing less. I'm learning to live in the present and see where this journey takes us.



And, our beautiful new tandem has a name. It's called "Dreamwork." Dynamo named it. If you want to know why, check out this church sermon from the church we've recently been attending. Whether you're married or not, it's all about how it takes teamwork to make the dream work! The dream should always bigger than the team! Enjoy! Be blessed!


Dynamo, I thank you for loving me when I needed it the most. I thank you for being my rock. I thank you for being my soulmate. You make me a better person every. single. day! I can't wait to ride off into the sunset with you on Dreamwork! I love you forever and always.

celebrating 5 and 8 together!

Dynamo and I celebrated 5 years married and 8 years together on Saturday! I can't believe how fast time does fly. You know what they say about time flying when you're having fun? Well, it's the truth. We've had a wonderful time together. Each year gets better and better. In the end if you know you have each other then that's all you need. No matter what you go through, if you do it together you will make it.

I have to tell you a story about the picture above. It was our wedding night. We pulled up to the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond. The valet helped me out of the car (I was stuffed into that car with my wedding dress overflowing onto the dashboard). The bellman walked us inside and I asked if he could take our picture on the big staircase. It was my dream to have our picture in our wedding garb on those steps. As we walked to the steps we noticed a large party was going on below. Everyone started staring at us. As the bellman was taking our photo another hotel guy shooed us off the steps saying that there was another bride who was supposed to be making her entrance soon. Oops! The bellman just smiled and took us to checkin telling us not to worry. I kinda felt bad for confusing all those people. They probably were thinking that the bride and groom they were looking for were a lot different than us? But...in the end we got the picture and we'll cherish it forever!

Long before the wedding day, Dynamo proposed to me! It was a proposal like you see on television. Yes, there's even a commercial about it today! I'm sure you've seen it.

Well, Dynamo surprised me and took me to the neigborhood where our condo (first home together) was being built. I thought we were going there to meet up with our friends from Richmond to show them our new future home! When we got there, he got out of the car and was wandering around. I thought something was a little odd. Lexi and I were in the car (after all this was January so it was a little cold). All of a sudden he comes to my car window and he has this little piece of paper with a poem that he wrote. He's reading me this beautiful poem and at the end he said, "look up in the sky to erase the wonder why..." As I stepped out of the car and looked up there was a plane flying overhead with this banner....



It was amazing!! Unlike the TV commercial, the pilot saw us and circled the area several times. It was pretty awesome! Then, my parents came around the corner with a bottle of champagne and glasses for us! It was so magical. I felt like a princess. Dynamo has always treated me like his princess. I'm honored to be his wife. I'm honored to be his soulmate. I'm honored to be his helpmate. When I count my blessings, I put Dynamo at the top of my list. God had a wonderful plan for me and it included Dynamo and his wonderful family. God is good!


1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.