INTRODUCTION

In September of last year i met the most amazing woman. The kind of woman that a man could die happy if the last thing he saw was her sweet smile!  With her long dark hair, bright smile, and glowing countenance she left no room for denial that angels exist, for she clearly was one of them.    Her name is Madelyne and in a chain of events that would baffle even the most keen of minds she became mine. 

I remember clearly the first time i saw her.  i had been getting over a cough, the kind that parks itself somewhere between your throat and sinuses and has no intention of ever going away.  Due to my less than perfect conditions i sat in the very back of a crowded biology classroom, that each week was converted into a chapel for Sunday services, just in case i needed to make a quick sickly get away.  At this part of the service Madelyne stood up and confidently stood behind the pulpit.  With tears in her shining eyes, she told of the impact that God has had in her life, and bore her witness that she knew that He lived.  Without exaggeration or creative licensing, my heart literally began to skip and my mind spoke in reply, "I could marry a woman like that!"

It was a little over a month after that first encounter that Madelyne and i went on our very first date.  This date led to a second date, and then a third, and just to show you i can count that high we even went on a fourth date.  After nearly 7 months of dating, i dropped my nervous body to one knee and asked, "Madelyne Ruby Osborn, will you make me the happiest man alive by being my wife?" and guess what???? She said yes!!!  It has been three days short of a month from the time that we got engaged and i grow more in love with my soon to be bride with every passing hour.

With that bit of background perhaps we can begin on the real reason i am telling you all of this.  This morning at about 9 am i dropped Madelyne off at the Salt Lake City Airport where she will travel to Jerusalem to study for the next three and a half months.  With tear stained cheeks i drove home pleading with God to keep her safe, and soon found myself pleading to become the man that she deserves in these next 4 months.  God works in mysterious ways, but his path always leads to the most happiness!  This blog will be the discourses, thoughts, and perhaps rants of a boy that has a short time to become the Man That She Deserves.