Happy Birthday, Krista! Today is your golden birthday!

Not that you needed any reminding over the past few weeks as you looked forward to celebrating. In fact, this is one of the things I love most about you: your propensity for celebrating life in all its moments. Whether it be a memory, a moment with me, or visions for the future, you have learned to embrace and celebrate all of it.

Being with you has helped me do the same, even when I don’t see how the future is going to play out. I know I can sit with you over dinner talking and pondering, dreaming and hoping. I always look forward to coming home (especially on homemade pizza night!) and enjoying our talks over dinner and our favorite Napa Valley Cabernet. We are filling the book of our life together with the powerful threads of conversation and communion.

I love you, and know that God is revealing his purposes in us with each passing day. I’m happy that we are sharing this journey. It’s a beautiful walk when I’m with you.