After a full month of marriage we are learning so much about each other and building a home that is not always so much just a happy family but rather a Holy one. I read a book a few months ago that had that as its premise, "What if the main purpose of marriage was not to make you happy but holy?" That's our prayer for our marriage and if you're reading this, I hope that when you pray for us, that is your prayer as well.
One of the things that some of our friends who are married back in East Asia did was being intentional about still dating. Many of the couples we know still take a date day about once a week and so we've been doing that, seeing the value in continuing to pursue each other and to still have fun. One day we did a date-lunch where we went to the mall to use our gift card at Cheesecake Factory and enjoyed a great lunch together and walked around. Other options we have done are heat up leftovers and just chill at the house, rent a movie or a night of playing cards.
Because we already had plans set for tonight, (Sept. 4th) which is our 1 month anniversary, we made plans to go out last night. The main thing we had planned was going to a sushi restaurant in Raleigh (Sushi Nine. We recommend it!) because they have all-day every-day, buy-one-get-one-free sushi rolls. On the way we stopped at North Hills mall in Raleigh to look around, shop a bit at Target and REI among other places. Then we left to grab supper at the restaurant and ended our night at Crabtree Valley Mall were we walked around and Lauren got to look for some cute clothes and try on some things.
We had a great afternoon and evening together and look forward to many, many more date nights.
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