the sosebee's

We took advantage of the nice weather Saturday. Somewhere shortly before lunch, we decided to go for a hike. Ah, the outdoors. I love sharing this part of my heart with my wife. I love that she always prayed for it in her life: someone who loves the outdoors.

It is always a blessing driving up the windy roads, higher and higher into the lush, green forests of southern appalachia. It takes your mind so many places. To places of beauty.

Then you leave the car behind and strike out on foot. Reconnecting with something from long ago. Walking through the empty, quiet wood. As if we could be the first to explore this small bit of unknown country. There is so much comfort in the quiet. It brings a calmness that gets lost in our everyday lives. And with that calmness comes a peace that I think many have forgotten in today’s world.

All of this makes it a sad thing when that 4 mile trail comes to an end. If we could only stay a little longer.

We’ll have to bring the tent next time.

some events mark a certain kind of permanence. this past week has been full of these events for Kristen. i got to sit in on them, though, and thus participated in them as well.

kristen is now ‘officially’ a sosebee. kristen dumas sosebee to be exact. not that she wasn’t after we got married, but now she has all the documentation to prove it. first we were off to the social security office. then we went and opened a new bank account together. then we went and got her sc driver’s license and got sc plates for her car.

and today was the finale, and i believe, the one she enjoyed the most. her library card. you see my wife loves books, and words, and authors, and writing, and pretty much anything to do with literature or anything related to it. she even loves the smell of books. and as we walked out of the library today i looked over at her and she had the biggest smile on her face as the stared at her library card.

and i had the biggest smile on my face staring at her. i love sharing these experiences with my best friend. married life is good.

the new blog. a new context is the title of this one. i thought it seemed appropriate for this chapter of life, marriage. marriage is definitely a new context. everything will look different now. life now has a new context

and two shall become one.

as kristen, my wife, and i sit in the B terminal at boston’s logan international airport, where we’ll be for the next 8 hours or so (waiting on standby for the 6:40am flight back to nashville), i began to think on this new context and figured i had more than enough time to put together a few thoughts.

so i think that this blog, this place where i’ve laid out many of my thoughts on pretty much everything is going to begin to change some. i hope that it will change. i don’t want things to remain the same… they aren’t the same. kristen and i will proceed through life together now. that will be reflected on these pages.

i hope you are looking forward as much as i am to see how. it’s an exciting beginning. the possibilities are limitless. here we go.