Chemistry.  It’s a funny thing.

When I was in grade eleven, I nearly failed my chemistry class.  And all because the cute boy that I had a desperate crush on sat right behind me!  Every now and then, he would ask to borrow my eraser and I would instantly dissolve into a complete blubbering idiot.  It was shameful!  He was just so cute.  Those eyes…that dark hair…the adorable way that he wore those lab goggles!  Ugh…seriously, what was a girl to do?!?!

By the end of the semester, I had actually learned quite a bit about chemistry.  Granted, I couldn’t remember the periodical table and just barely got a passing grade, but I did discover what human chemistry can do to a teenager!  And it wasn’t overly productive!!!

As we get older though, that chemistry can also make magic happen!  It can bring two people together and open up the possibility for so much more; the possibility for love…for marriage…for a life spent in the midst of that reaction.  And it’s a beautiful thing.

From the day that I met them…it was evident that Keri & Greg had immense chemistry.  The way that they smiled at each other…the way that Greg looked at his future bride from across the table…the way that they couldn’t wait to be husband and wife.  And that too – was a beautiful thing!

Anyone who has ever sat in front of a Bunsen burner with over-sized plastic goggles on knows all too well that some chemical reactions are better than others.  Some make you stand back in awe of what the world can do, while others just leave you with a face full of smoke and some mildly singed eyebrows!

If Keri and Greg were a science experiment…they would be the one that had the entire class crowded around the table asking “how did you do that?!?!” {and of course, winning the top prize at the science fair!}.  Their chemistry…their spark…makes you stand back in awe.  It makes you marvel at how amazing a relationship can be.  It makes you grateful for all the people it can bring together.

It also makes me pretty happy to know that while I may have missed most of it in school…I get to enjoy a whole lot of it in life…