May 24, 2002 (13 years old)

This all seems a bit, new, to me right now and also very weird considering that I am thirteen years old and, frankly, I have no ideas, or guesses as to who you are right now. All that I know is when I give this to you, you'll be my husband, the person that I love... I got this whole idea from a magazine, so I hope it work and I hope that I stick with it. The idea is that I'm writing this for you, my husband, and this will be given to you on our wedding day. So here we go...

I guess that I really don't know what to say. Have we met before? So I should probably start with a general kind of thing... I want you to know that I am already praying for you and our lives together. And I also want you to know that I am saving myself for you, and that I plan to do whatever is in my power to keep it that way until our wedding day. (Dear God, PLEASE help me to keep this promise!)

I'm not sure exactly how much I am going to tell you about myself when we date so, do me a favor and ask if you want to know something. Chances are that ninety eight percent of the time I'll tell you what you want to know.

I'm also wondering about you. Are you a Christian? Where do you live? What job or jobs will you have? But chances are by the time you read this, I'll already know all of these things.

Hmm, have you ever thought about that little kids' rhyme about love. Come on, you know it. Oh really? Sarah and Billy sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. See? I knew you'd remember it! Maybe we should have a little chat about the last part. Kids! Uh-oh, are you squirming? Smiling? I don't know about you, but I love kids and I want to have a family. (This has to be a unanimous agreement before it happens, obviously.) Well, right now I have a couple of names that I like. Chloe and Darrion, or Luke and Jeremiah. But that's just for now, maybe Camille? But these aren't set names or anything. Hey, depending on how you feel, I wouldn't mind adopting a baby. (Less pain for me :])

Lastly, I think that the most important thing that my husband has to be is a Christian, so we can help each other and truly live a blessed life with the favor of God.