Wednesday, July 25, 2012

What is a Solemate?

As Solemates we are connected by our hearts and our feet. Our early love for one another started with a joint love for the outdoors, backpacking and adventure. It has grown to be so much more. 

Our love runs deeper than any valley we’ve traversed and climbs higher than any mountain we’ve summited.  It stretches wider than any river we've forged and is tighter than any stinky pair of boots we've laced on our feet.  Our love is heavier than a Gregory backpack stretched at the seams and stronger than a titanium Leki pole.  It protects like a rain fly in a fierce storm and shines brighter than a Petzl headlamp. 

Our love is real and it is forever.  

It is full of grace and full of dreams yet to be achieved.  It is honest and complete, yet longs for more. 

Our love is thankful and perfect. 

We are different, yet balancing.  I’m short, he’s tall. I’m creative, he’s analytical.  He likes running down the basketball court, I like running miles.  I’m patient, he’s improving.  I’m anxious, he’s carefree.  He’s thrifty, I’m improving.  He’s tidy, I’m a packrat.  I’m a night owl, he’s an early bird.  I’m a rule follower, he makes his own rules.  I like fiction, he likes truth.

We have children.  They are our joy, our laughter, a replication of our love for one another.  They keep us young and keep us dreaming.  They add new excitement, new challenges  and remind us that life is meant to be lived. 

God is our foundation.  Our hope is in Christ.  We will follow with our hearts and our feet wherever He leads us.
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