The Big Three-Oh: Just The Beginning

The big three-oh rolled into my life yesterday like a slow boulder that is gradually tumbling down a low hill and it refuses to be stopped by anything. Wow, has my life ever changed since my 29th birthday. I now have a brand-new vehicle, I have the best job that I have ever had, I live in a cool apartment in Mississauga...

And the most important thing, by far, is that I am in love with the girl of my dreams, and Cam and I will be getting married next month.

My life has changed so much in the past year. It's nothing that I could have planned or hoped for or even expected. I just look back on my life, and on Cam's life, and it's like God was preparing us so that we could find each other at exactly the right time. Everything that we have experienced and the people that we have become has created this perfect supernova that explodes across the night sky. God is amazing, and Cam is My Everything.

I have been blogging regularly since April 2004, that's a total of 452 blog posts. Recently, my blogging has taken a back seat to wedding stuff. Not just our own wedding but also that of Richard & Tara and Joel & Lindsay. These guys are two of my dearest friends and it's been so much fun to be involved with their weddings. (Joel and & Lindsay are gettin' hitched later today and Richard & Tara were wed last month.) Throw in moving to an entirely new city, starting a new job, changing churches and who knows what else and it's obvious that my writing had to take a backseat.

Well, that's not entirely true. I actually have written quite a bit in the past few months but it's usually directed towards the love of my life. I used to write about things that God has been showing me and ways that I have been growing personally. In the past year, I have learned so much about love and life that it would be almost impossible to get it all down with some scribbles. So much of that is due to Cam and her deep wisdom, mixed in with plenty of God's grace. So while I have learned more during this period that I have any other time, most of it is just between me, Cam and The Big Guy.

I just want to thank all of my friends for their well-wishes, and I'm really looking forward to the best year of my life. This journey that Cam and I will be sharing will be the most thrilling and fulfilling experience ever and I can't wait to see the kind of surprises that God has in store for us next!