Wow! Today I celebrate a cool milestone with my wife – it’s our 25th year dating anniversary. That’s right, 25 years ago today I asked her to be my girlfriend. It was a Friday night and we were at a High School Football game. Sweet! We were only 15 years old and that decision turned out to be one of the best decisions I have every made. We are still dating – and I am more in love with her than ever!
Something else happened 25 years ago in my life. Just before Julie and I started dating – God got a hold of my heart and I returned to my first love – Jesus Christ. I become a follower of Christ when I was just nine years old. But during my Jr. High years I stopped going to church and began to live “my” life. I left God out of everything. I finally came to my senses when I was 15 and rededicated my life to Jesus. It’s been an incredible journey ever since.
In Honor of my dating anniversary – I wanted to post some of the amazing things that happened during 1983. Great memories!!!
Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota
Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala
10th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers
"A-Team" with Mr. T premieres on NBC
Hulk Hogan pins Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title
40th Golden Globes: Gandhi, ET and Tootsie win
Superbowl XVII: Washington Red Skins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: John Riggins, Washington, RB
U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1st female secretary of transportation, Elizabeth Dole, sworn-in
"Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds
Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins
USFL New Jersey Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil)
Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks
Final episode of M*A*S*H; 125,000,000 viewers
OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
U.S. president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars" missile defense plan (SDI)
45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple"
Suicide bomber kills 63, at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon
San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game
18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson
37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep Los Angeles Lakers in 4 games
"Trading Places," "Ghostbusters," and "Gremlins," premieres
Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas
Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a U.S. citizen
Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black
Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3 in 80th World Series
Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 241 U.S. personnel in Beirut
1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
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2 comments:
I remember that Monday Night Game between the Vikes and Cowboys!
Congratulations and may God Bless you with many more years together.
I wanted to let you know that I was just 14 then! :) That seems like forever ago- especially since we have a daughter that is older than I was when we started dating! :) Are we getting old?!
No way! :)
I love you more than ever too!
Happy "dating" anniversary! :)
Julie
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