Sewanee

Yesterday Becky, the boys and I took my parents on a fall color trip to where I grew up in Tennessee. One of the places we always stop and visit for a while when I go home is the Memorial Cross in Sewanee. It is an incredibly beautiful place on the campus of The University of the South that overlooks the valley from Monteagle Mountain. This place has been very special to me over the years for many reasons. Now, it reminds me of more than just home and childhood memories. It represents an especially symbolic meaning it never before possessed for me. In the summer of 1998 on the steps of this cross I asked Becky to be my wife. I decided what better place to start our lives together as one than at the foot of the cross. Physically, we were at the base of a monument in Tennessee. Symbolically, and more important literally, we were at the beginning of our new life together as two Christians soon to be joined as a Christian family. Now we take our sons to the cross and make new memories each time. I began my life just to the east of here; my life with Christ began just a couple of miles west; and between the two at the foot of the cross in Sewanee I began "Happily Ever After" with Becky. What a perfect place.

Happy almost 10 year anniversary, baby. I love you!!!

P.S. I know I am in trouble now for sneaking onto your blog and posting this without telling you.