December 7, 2014. Champagne breakfast out on the balcony of our stateroom on the Coral Princess. In the Panama Canal. Literally. Waiting for the water to lower so we could enter the next lock. What a unique experience we had on our cruise. There were warm nights with our sliding glass door open to the warm, balmy breeze. The sound of the sea swishing in the Caribbean
Sea as the ship sailed. We read books. Were waited on. No making of beds--or turning down the beds either. No cooking. Just call room service and order our coffee. We even participated in a cruise pop choir. Our anniversary cruise
was wonderful.
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| Coffee on the deck |
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| Sunrise on the east coast |
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| Dress up night |
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| Entering Jamaica--Ocho Rios |
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| On the beach with cruise ship in the background |
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| With our cruise choir director |
But I must say no more wonderful than the fact that after each of us lost our loves--and met each other. The odds were rare—or so we both began to think. Both Jim and I experienced a previous engagement with the wrong person. We both realized marriage to that person would have been disastrous. But God in His astounding way, brought us together! Yes, e-Harmony provided the base for our meeting, but it was God who did the major work. There needs to be love and chemistry. Similar likes and dislikes. All the things that make people compatible in a marriage.
Our life together is still in the honeymoon stage. And I hope it stays there. But even if those "drugs" of first love wear off, there will be a solid, beautiful love that will endure during the good
and bad times. We both know perfection can only be in Heaven, but we are enjoying our Heaven on Earth.
We don't know what the future holds. None of us do. But we know we can trust our Savior. He brought us through the very hard times. Is with us in the good, good times. And He'll be there when He takes us home to Him.
In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy this stage of my life. My husband. My family. This season. Merry Christmas everybody!
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| Our Christmas tree |
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| Lighted village that Jim built |
