Today, May 30, is our 25th anniversary!

Our wedding day

Happy 25th anniversary, my darling Shonnie. We’ve created a wonderful life together filled with love, intentionality and adventure, and I look forward to the next 25  (when I’ll only be 106)!

A few highlights from our 2.5 decades together:

1995:We meet while training for the 1996 Austin Motorola Marathon.

1997: We enter a committed relationship and move to Asheville.

1999: Surrounded by family & friends, we marry.

Don’t mess with Texas runners!

2006: We create I Do! I Do! The Marriage Vow Workbook.

2008: We work diligently to elect Barack Obama president, & we celebrate his inauguration in Washington, D.C. in January 2009.

2010: Gracelyn is born & is baptized at Jubilee! in 2011.

2016: Gracelyn enters Kindergarten and is now a rising 8th grader.

2022: Shonnie graduates from Western Carolina University with a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling. Soon afterward she joins Asheville Family Counseling.

Gracelyn’s 1st birthday!

1995-2024: Lots of fun, laughter, adventure and some challenges along the way as well.

And today we celebrate!