A late Happy Valentine's Day to everyone, especially to my special Sheyna. I was thinking tonight, just after I filled out my FAFSA, and I realized I have grown a lot. No, folks, not just in the belly. There are things I have learned about myself and the world in the past few weeks that are astounding.
For example: See this CD cover above me? This was an unknown, 16-year old singer when she came out in Christian stores in the early part of this decade. I think her distributor went out of business, along with some other well-done Christian groups. What happened to her? She became Katy Perry, the most famous & frequently played girl-kisser in the nation. What else happened? Who knows. Many kids in the church feel the pressure to be angels and they just rebel from that. Their parents sometimes drive them away from what they need the most. I'm not saying that's what happened in this case, I truly don't know. I do hope that a seed of faith that is planted somewhere deep in her will get the chance to grow.
I also had no idea how easy it is to transfer songs from your personal collection to mp3. That's part of my Valentine's gift to Sheyna. Call it the modern day equivalent to the mix tape. I did put some things on here for myself, though, so don't worry. It's my feeling that if I'm not selling or sharing the music, It's mine for the using.
I also had no idea that my wife has done so much to mature me. I've been doing some life retrospecting (did I just make up a phrase?), and realize that I have been really immature for a long time. There were girls I dated, and I thought I knew what I was doing. It turns out I was socially awkward, and had no clue. It proves the point that when you meet the one for you, you know it. Sheyna has been better for me than anyone will ever know. I just hope that I can be as good for her. That's what we have the rest of our lives to work on.
(BTW- the Katy Hudson CD cover came from Wikipedia.)
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