Well, it's ten days until the wedding and I'm ready.

No, seriously.

Lisa's still having moments of panic, as I'm told all brides do, and asked me last night after the lights were out, "Are you really going to marry me?"

The answer is yes.

No soul-searching required, no hesitation necessary. I've done all the questioning needed. Frankly, if nine years together isn't enough to know that I want to spend the rest of my life with her, I don't know what is.

Today is the anniversary of our official 'getting together', by the way. Nine years ago today. A little over eight years of us living together.

According to Statistics Canada, the highest Canadian divorce rate in 2003 was among people married for three years, when 26.2 out of every 1,000 marriages ended in divorce. This rate decreases slowly every year married after the third.

So we're over the hump and we're not even married yet! Cool!

As for myself, well...let me try to explain how I feel about getting married.

I'm a cautious man, and yet I say, 'damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead!' I'm a man who is careful about committing himself to things I've never done before, and yet I'm ready to saddle up the wild bronco and ride. I'm not a risk taker, but I'm jumping in head first without worrying about rocks below.

Hopes and dreams draw me forward now, in this chance to reach out for something truly unique, this ultimate commitment of man and woman, this attempt to do what so many people fail at.

Am I confident? Yes. I know I love Lisa and I know she loves me.

Can I predict what will happen? No, I can't. No one knows the future, unless it's God, and he sure ain't telling.

Will I let that stop me? Not a chance. This is faith. Faith in our love, faith in the future, faith in the possible.

If I don't get a chance to write here again until after the honeymoon, my thanks to all of you who have sent their best wishes and those of you who will be there to share our special day. We are happy to share our joy with all of you.

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