I Love You Torrey

I Love You Torrey!

1993 we were engaged and quickly approaching marriage.

February 12, 1988 started a journey I will forever be grateful to God for. That evening in Cleveland, TN I went on my first date with the man I have been married to for almost 18 years, my husband Torrey. So today I want to celebrate all that he is and has been to me.

Torrey, helped coach our girl's intramural softball at Lee. We won this game! I love this picture because it was the following day after our first date. Don't know why we didn't take pictures of the first date? Yeah that's me behind the glove. Ha!

Torrey, I consider you the greatest blessing bestowed upon me by our heavenly Father, immediately followed by Noah and Karson, equally. You have been an answer to a young girls prayer who just wanted to “do the will of Her Father”. Little did I know when I said yes what all that would encompass! (Haaa! I love you. J) 

This was our two year anniversary and I was pregnant with Noah.

You make me smile when no one else can; you applaud all my successes, encourage me through all my disappointments and support me in all of my endeavors. Thank you for allowing me to dream and for your continual encouragement to move forward to pursue those dreams. I am enticed by your charming ways and the gentlemen you are. I never tire of being treated like a lady. Your love for our children amazes me and it makes me love you even more. Your commitment to lead our family in the way of the Lord is so attractive. I love to hear you pray over us and see you unashamedly worship our creator. Your leadership is bold and fearless and you make no excuses for your obedience to God, regardless of who and what our critics may say.

Twenty-two years has quickly gone by…. (18 yrs of marriage 4 years dating) We have grown together spiritually and emotionally. Of course we have weathered some difficult seasons, which we thought would never go away, but our commitment to each other and to our Savior is what sustains us. My Nana was right when she told me, “You picked the right one!”

My heart still skips a beat every time you reach over to hold my hand or when you wink at me from across a crowded room. You are amazing and I love you more and more with every passing day.

I know that to you “our song” has always been “Everything I Do, I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams.

But I feel the song that best describes my feelings toward you goes something like this:

Because You Loved Me (by Celine Dion)

For all those times you stood by me

For all the truth that you made me see

For all the joy you brought to my life

For all the wrong that you made right

For every dream you made come true

For all the love I found in you

I'll be forever thankful, baby

You're the one who held me up

Never let me fall

You're the one who saw me through

Through it all

You were my strength when I was weak

You were my voice when I couldn't speak

You were my eyes when I couldn't see

You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

You gave me faith 'cause you believed

I'm everything I am

Because you loved me, ooh, baby

You gave me wings and made me fly

You touched my hand I could touch the sky

I lost my faith, you gave it back to me

You said no star was out of reach

You stood by me and I stood tall

I had your love, I had it all

I'm grateful for each day you gave me

Maybe, I don't know that much

But I know this much is true

I was blessed because

I was loved by you

You were always there for me, the tender wind that carried me

The light in the dark shining your love into my life

You've been my inspiration through the lies you were the truth

My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when I was weak

You were my voice when I couldn't speak

You were my eyes when I couldn't see

You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

You gave me faith 'cause you believed

I'm everything I am

Because you loved me

I'm everything I am…….Because you loved me!

Polly