Ten years ago today my wife Rachel and I started dating. I can still remember it as if it were yesterday:
I tagged along with Rachel and her friend to see Scary Movie 4 (ha!). I don’t think she had any idea how I felt about her until during the movie I reached over and held her hand (give me a break I was 17). Fast forward Ten years and I couldn’t imagine a more perfect person to spend my life with. Here are just a few things about her that I’m consistently blow away by.
Her Beauty
She’s beautiful inside and out, one of the kindest most truly-beautiful people I know
Her quest for adventure
Not many girls will put on a helmet from the 70’s and go charging through the woods on an ATV, she loves it. We have fun.
She is a mother in every sense of the word
She loves being a mom, and is an absolutely incredible one. On top of working twelve-hour shifts at Childrens Hospital in Detroit she carries the responsibility of being an incredible mom to Emery. she loves our beautiful daughter and lives to see her loved and provided for. I couldn’t be more proud of her.
It’s true
Wedding anniversaries are special for their own reasons, but to be able to say at 27 that I have dated my wife for ten years is incredible, and I’m so lucky to have married my high school sweetheart. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Thank you Lord for providing me with the perfect best friend to spend my days, weeks, months and years with.
Iloveyourachel.


















Sharon van der Walde says:
This is so wonderful Josh! You two are precious! And Emery is the bonus!! Congrats on 10 years and many more to come!
Feb 04, 2010, 3:31 pmPapa' says:
Well done son.
Feb 04, 2010, 5:19 pmThe both of you are a blessing to us.We pray for you everyday.We wish you the best of God’s blessing.
Way to go.
Your friend forever.
Papa’.
Ciao.
Nate says:
Nice dude. The first memory I have of rachel was at some school party I went to with you when I was up for Christmas/New Years and we put shaving gel all over her windows, which froze and made her miss her curfew… Ahh, good times.
Feb 04, 2010, 6:31 pmJosh says:
ha! I remember that Nate… deff good times
Feb 04, 2010, 6:57 pm