Today is my wedding anniversary. We have been married 4 years, together 12 years. That is many years of falling asleep every night next to my best friend.
In my mind, when I look at us, I still see us as we were when we first met back in 2000 - Just two smitten kids in their 20s sitting on a Ferris wheel with the world at their fingertips. How far we have come.
We have been stretched and challenged in ways that I never would have imagined. Marriage has not always been easy. But we also have enjoyed unexpected blessings as well. I feel that we are in our best year of marriage yet.
Marriage is tricky that way. It is not a straight path. It has highs and lows, good years and bad years. It can be confusing to determine who best suits you as a life partner. What initially brings people together is often not the same as what keeps them together.
For me, marriage really came down to this simple question - Who do you want to share your best and worst moments with? Who do you want there when you finally land that big promotion or see that that double line on the pregnancy stick? And who do you want there to be by your side when life throws you a curve ball in the form of a health scare, a lay-off, or burying someone dear to you.
For me, that question simplified everything. And David was always the answer to that question. He is the one that I want to hold my hand during life's ups and downs.
How much I would love to go back to our wedding day on gorgeous sandy beach in Tulum, Mexico surrounded by our friends and family. That day, May 25, 2008, was one of my most favorite days in my entire life... only trumped by the day that our daughter was born.
Sometimes, I feel so inadequate to deserve the unconditional love that this man gives me. This man who tells me that he adores me on a regular basis. But that is what marriage is all about. Everyday, I strive to be the woman that I see reflected back in his eyes.
So to my beloved - you are everything I hoped for in a soul mate and more. I would say YES all over again.
In my mind, when I look at us, I still see us as we were when we first met back in 2000 - Just two smitten kids in their 20s sitting on a Ferris wheel with the world at their fingertips. How far we have come.
We have been stretched and challenged in ways that I never would have imagined. Marriage has not always been easy. But we also have enjoyed unexpected blessings as well. I feel that we are in our best year of marriage yet.
Marriage is tricky that way. It is not a straight path. It has highs and lows, good years and bad years. It can be confusing to determine who best suits you as a life partner. What initially brings people together is often not the same as what keeps them together.
For me, marriage really came down to this simple question - Who do you want to share your best and worst moments with? Who do you want there when you finally land that big promotion or see that that double line on the pregnancy stick? And who do you want there to be by your side when life throws you a curve ball in the form of a health scare, a lay-off, or burying someone dear to you.
For me, that question simplified everything. And David was always the answer to that question. He is the one that I want to hold my hand during life's ups and downs.
How much I would love to go back to our wedding day on gorgeous sandy beach in Tulum, Mexico surrounded by our friends and family. That day, May 25, 2008, was one of my most favorite days in my entire life... only trumped by the day that our daughter was born.
Sometimes, I feel so inadequate to deserve the unconditional love that this man gives me. This man who tells me that he adores me on a regular basis. But that is what marriage is all about. Everyday, I strive to be the woman that I see reflected back in his eyes.
So to my beloved - you are everything I hoped for in a soul mate and more. I would say YES all over again.
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