Newlyweds: The Example

Apparently, Joshua and I have quite the audience at church. And to think, we weren't even aware. He has been doing classroom observances as part of his teacher certification program. Sister Moss from our church, who is a middle school science teacher, was kind enough to set it up for Joshua to sit in on classes at her school to fulfill his requirement. One day Joshua got a chance to hang out with Sister Moss and another teacher at the school and chat about marriage. The other teacher has a boyfriend whom she wants to marry but her boyfriend is dragging his feet. That's when the topic of Joshua being a newlywed came up. Sister Moss explained how we are.

"Him and his wife are so close! Most couples walk hand in hand, but those two walk with their arms around each other waist to waist. They are so close you can't fit a nano-atom between them! They look like they are ready to take on the whole world, together, as one." She exclaimed. (Which is true, but I had no idea that our body language was conveying that very message. We've been through so much but we've banded together "us against the world.")

Sister Moss went on to explain how you can count on us like clock work to be all over each other. HAHA! She has a daughter who is not at all a romantic with little interest in relationships. She was talking on the phone with her one day and telling her about the newlyweds in the church that walk with their arms around each other and are always cuddling. So a few weeks later when her daughter was visiting church, Sister Moss watched for Joshua and I. As him and I walked into class she pointed us out to her daughter and said, "You watch." And sure enough him and I were all over each other exactly as she described. Then she gave her daughter the thumbs up as her daughter was thoroughly disgusted. Sister Moss was using us as an example how two people can be married and yet so in love and truly bonded together as one.

Who knew we were being watched so carefully? Sister Moss told Joshua that we're a great example to the older couples reminding them of that newlywed love. I've also heard that we're an excellent example to the youth as well. When I was dropping a folder off at Young Women's one of the leaders told me, "My daughter just loves to watch you and your husband. She says, 'They're so in love.'" So not only are we reminding the older ones what they used to have but showing the younger ones what they can have. Aww... it's nice to be so in love... and if God uses us as a tool to inspire others, then that's great too!