19 years ago today, at 7:00pm on a very cold and stormy night I became Mrs. Brent Anthony Morse. We had met almost 2 years prior on one of the most random meetings I have ever or will ever have again. It was such a "God Thing"...I knew who he was before we met, he had no clue who I was! All, I could remember thinking was, he was the absolute best looking thing I had ever seen! He had those incredibly blue eyes, which turn turquoise on some days and almost a glass green on others. Blond hair and he was tall...love me a tall man!
The problem with Brent is he is incredibly shy...it almost comes off as "stuck up" at times, but he is genuinely shy! It turned out he was a friend of a friend and he knew where I worked. So, the VERY next evening the two of them just showed up at the jewelry store...the next night Brent walked up by himself...he never would ask me out, he would just stand there and talk to me! About a week passed and it was a Wednesday night and I was closing with Jeanette and Rachel, he came by and spoke, then he left...I turned around and said, "I think that boy wants to go out with me, but he won't ask!" Jeanette pipes up and says, "Girl this is the 90's, YOU ask him out." He then proceeds to walk by one more time and says non chalantly, "Well, I guess I am going to go get something to eat." I said, "If I had any money I would ask to go with you." He said, "If you promise not to eat more than $6, you can." And that folks is how it all started!
We were inseparable...well, as inseparable as you can be in the 90's, we lived 20 or so miles apart...there were no cell phones and we literally saw each other for the occasional lunch together and on the weekends. I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him within the first couple of months or so....and I waited....For two people to be as opposite as Brent and I were, we were so suited for one another! Whether or not you believe this, Brent is HILARIOUS! He is terribly dry and says that funniest stuff without even knowing it! I loved being with him, he made me laugh...he also liked me for who I was! I did not have to put on with him! I did not have to pretend I was something I was not...We were comfortable!
When I look back on the proposal, I laugh! Brent said, and I quote..."Here, take it..." Seriously, cause I was freaking out! I couldn't believe he had actually done it! When I arrived home I told Momma not to get mad and she said, like any good mother, she was happy for me if that was what I wanted...I think she is sure today, I made the right decision! That was January....we married a year later...
I dragged myself and that 100lb train down that tiny little aisle all by myself and started a journey that I can not believe has lasted for 19 years! Wow...we proved all the nay-sayers wrong...we did it...and we continue to do it! Nothing or no one has come along that makes me want to leave...we have two beautiful, amazing, intelligent babies...we have a house and a dog....we have the occasional spat....we say things we regret....we act like fools about the DUMBEST thing, just trying to prove we are right!
He still walks in the room and makes my belly flop...he still makes me laugh loudly and inappropriately...he still makes me fighting mad....he still turns heads and I still bristle up like an old wet hen...I would rip my earrings off over him... and win every time!
As we continue with this journey, I find it has become so easy to be with him...don't get me wrong...he ain't easy. But, I have prayed about our marriage, over our marriage and continue to pray, beg and plead with God to just give us one more day. So far, so good...Would I change anything? Nope! It is where and what I am supposed to be...He is the one chosen for me....I thank God everyday for him....I am also VERY thankful I didn't end up with any of the others...I am glad I met them, but they taught me how I should not be treated and I recognized the truth when I met Brent!
I always kid about my "next husband"...Hugh Laurie or Matthew McConaughey or Michael Keaton...ha ha...But Brent knows the truth and he knows I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world! We are a team...he's the hot head and I am the reasoner...he is the financial guru and I am the manager...he is the yard boy and I am the homemaker...we go together like peas and carrots!
So as we near 2 decades of wedded bliss I just want to thank Brent for putting up with me...I ain't easy either, he he...Thank you for our two beautiful children....thank you for all the wonderful friends you have brought into my life...thank you for supporting me and allowing me to be a mother over a career girl, no matter how finacially straining it was...I believe our children are thankful for it as well.
I hold the vows we took as sacred and I am so glad God chose you for me!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Brent! I love you!
Happy Anniversary, Bud!
All my love,
Monica
We were inseparable...well, as inseparable as you can be in the 90's, we lived 20 or so miles apart...there were no cell phones and we literally saw each other for the occasional lunch together and on the weekends. I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him within the first couple of months or so....and I waited....For two people to be as opposite as Brent and I were, we were so suited for one another! Whether or not you believe this, Brent is HILARIOUS! He is terribly dry and says that funniest stuff without even knowing it! I loved being with him, he made me laugh...he also liked me for who I was! I did not have to put on with him! I did not have to pretend I was something I was not...We were comfortable!
When I look back on the proposal, I laugh! Brent said, and I quote..."Here, take it..." Seriously, cause I was freaking out! I couldn't believe he had actually done it! When I arrived home I told Momma not to get mad and she said, like any good mother, she was happy for me if that was what I wanted...I think she is sure today, I made the right decision! That was January....we married a year later...
I dragged myself and that 100lb train down that tiny little aisle all by myself and started a journey that I can not believe has lasted for 19 years! Wow...we proved all the nay-sayers wrong...we did it...and we continue to do it! Nothing or no one has come along that makes me want to leave...we have two beautiful, amazing, intelligent babies...we have a house and a dog....we have the occasional spat....we say things we regret....we act like fools about the DUMBEST thing, just trying to prove we are right!
He still walks in the room and makes my belly flop...he still makes me laugh loudly and inappropriately...he still makes me fighting mad....he still turns heads and I still bristle up like an old wet hen...I would rip my earrings off over him... and win every time!
As we continue with this journey, I find it has become so easy to be with him...don't get me wrong...he ain't easy. But, I have prayed about our marriage, over our marriage and continue to pray, beg and plead with God to just give us one more day. So far, so good...Would I change anything? Nope! It is where and what I am supposed to be...He is the one chosen for me....I thank God everyday for him....I am also VERY thankful I didn't end up with any of the others...I am glad I met them, but they taught me how I should not be treated and I recognized the truth when I met Brent!
I always kid about my "next husband"...Hugh Laurie or Matthew McConaughey or Michael Keaton...ha ha...But Brent knows the truth and he knows I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world! We are a team...he's the hot head and I am the reasoner...he is the financial guru and I am the manager...he is the yard boy and I am the homemaker...we go together like peas and carrots!
So as we near 2 decades of wedded bliss I just want to thank Brent for putting up with me...I ain't easy either, he he...Thank you for our two beautiful children....thank you for all the wonderful friends you have brought into my life...thank you for supporting me and allowing me to be a mother over a career girl, no matter how finacially straining it was...I believe our children are thankful for it as well.
I hold the vows we took as sacred and I am so glad God chose you for me!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Brent! I love you!
Happy Anniversary, Bud!
All my love,
Monica
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