25

So here we go with a nostalgic blog post...

I turned 25 today.  That means I've been alive for a quarter of a century.  I've seen quite a bit in my day.  I was young when America was involved in the Desert Storm conflict.  I watched OJ drive his Ford Bronco through the freeways of Los Angeles.  I lived through the ridiculous pop invasion of NSYNC, BSB, Britney Spears, and many others.  I stood with many others on December 31, 1999, looking at skylines and lightbulbs to see if Y2K was going to crash the main frame.

I suffered through the election fiasco in 2000 where we waited and waited to figure out who our president would be.  I walked into Mr. Chapman's Algebra II class on the morning of September 11, 2001, and watched in shock as they replayed the planes flying into the towers. 

I saw the Cowboys win 3 Super Bowls in 4 seasons.  The Texas Longhorns win the National Championship.  I remember the Dream Team.  The ridiculousness of Michael Jordan's basketball skill.  The Texas Rangers win the AL Championship two years in a row.  i saw the Dallas Mavericks tear the Miami Heat to pieces last year in the NBA Finals en route to a championship!  I fell in love with football at a young age, and that love has never died.  I was in Cowboys Stadium on December 10, 2010 when the Henderson Lions won their first ever State Championship.  The Boston Red Sox broke the curse. 

I witnessed the genius that was LOST.  Great musicians have come and gone.  Amazing television programming and movies have seen there days and ended. 

The two most important dates in my life thus far haven't had much in common with anything I've written above, however.

The first, April 26, 1995, was the day I realized I was nothing without my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Since then my life has never been the same.  Have I been perfect every day since? By no means!  Has life been a cakewalk? Heck no.  But it is a lot easier with Christ when I know that no matter how much I mess up or how horrible a day I have, I still have Christ and His promise.

The other, March 2, 2012, when I realized my life is not complete without Jennifer Conn in it and I asked her to be my wife.  Of course, you can read that whole story in my previous posts. 

The next greatest date will be December 29, 2012, when she will be my wife!

I've seen a lot in 25 years, and Lord willing, I will see a lot more in the next 50 or more.   

More about Jenn....

I thought I'd need to share a little more about the future Mrs. Kalon Reynolds real quick...

As many of you know, I feel called to be a high school football coach.  I say called, because I literally feel like that is the area of ministry the Lord has set forth for me.  Anyway, in the first couple of months of my dating Jennifer, I wanted to see what she thought about the possibility of being a coach's wife or girlfriend (back then I wasn't planning on being engaged for a LOOOONG time).  I sat down and started to explain out all that I thought she might need to know.

I told her it wouldn't be an easy life, because there could possibly be a lot of moving and changing homes and locations.  Some coaches get blessed and spend their entire careers in the same town.  For others, they are nomads.  It hinges on your performance as a coach, as well as, how productive your teams prove to be, depending on where you are.

I also brought up the fact that a coach can be the most popular man in town, but the next day could the most hated man in town.  The coach's wife by extension can catch the brunt of most of the criticism.  It takes a pretty strong woman.  Especially in the peak of the profession, the NCAA and NFL (simply a pipedream for this guy who hasn't gotten his first coaching job yet). 

There's also great opportunity for.blessings and outreach, with so many students and parents to reach.  The good definitely outweighs the bad!

So after I had said all I was going to say, I awaited her response.  She considered it and said that she felt as though it was a place she could see herself. 

I was elated at her response.  I have prayed for a woman like her for a LOOOONG time. 

She's amazing and it gets better everyday! And I obviously can't stop talking about her!