Love mixed with a little of Holy Crap!

My freshman year of high school was a weird but great time for me. I had just changed school districts from Fulton county to Forsyth county and knew absolutely no one. I joined drumline and met some friends there but I still felt so awkward the first day of class. If any of you know me, you know it wouldnt take me to long to get to know the people in my class. I remember getting to know one guy in my personal fitness class that was a little ...um... well.... he was really nice. We will leave it at that. There were a couple of girls that sat across from us in the classroom and one that was exeptionally pretty. Come to find out, she was in my buisness procedures class to. Lucky me! (btw, that class was a waste of my life.)

As time went on, I got to know this girl day after day and got in good with her friends (guys- take note of that. Get in good with her friends! You will thank me later.) I figured out her name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, family, and anything else she would tell me. We would get in trouble in class for talking and laughing and cutting up. Then it happened....

I posed as a office assistant and told her drama teacher they needed her in the office. I asked her out, a freshman in high school, knees knocking, voice cracking, butt sweating, all of it. She said yes. Then a week later... it was over. I wasnt good enough..... oh freshman romances. The pursuit didnt stop.

So I didnt what ever man does when he gets hurt by a girl he likes..... date her best friend! haha I did and we had fun. When we broke up though, the pursuit was there for the girl that broke my heart after a week.

She asked me to go to a wedding with her one day.... If you a pursuing a girl and she asks you to go hang out, jump on that!! Clear your schedule (not that I had one as a 15 year old but you know what im saying.) We went and danced and sang and had a great time. We sat down to take a break and it happened. I got enough confidence to slowly reach over, pick up her hand, and lay it in mine. OH MAN!! It was magical!!

In my parents driveway after the wedding on September 21, 2002 when I was 15, she was 16, I looked at her under the moonlight night and simply asked "Breanne Gravitt, will you be my girlfriend?"

She will become Breanne Dodd in 5 days!!

I cant believe I have kept her this long. I am so stoked about this marriage but often I sit back and think, holy crap! Im getting married! Ive never done this before!! haha We are so excited to begin this journey and share life together every moment. But we need yalls help. We dont want to take this covenenant between each other and God lightly at all. We dont want to become another statistic. We want to focus our marriage on God and let all the things fall into place. We want to ask for prayer as we get ready for the greatest day of our lives.

Pray for our focus
our attitudes
our words
our strength
our love
our flights and honeymoon (saftey)
our future
our pursuit of each other, that it would never die
our respect of the covenant we will make
our joy
our laughter
our lives
our happy ever after.


Thank you guys for all the prayer and support. 5 more days!!!