Tomorrow.
November 19th.
It's our 5th wedding anniversary.
I find it hard to come up with words for this post.
But I will tell you this:
The words I will say will be sappy, love-filled, and mushy.
Don't say I didn't warn you :)
Below is my wedding gift from Joshua that he gave to me on our wedding night.
A brand new Bible with my new last name engraved on it, and these words written inside:
November 19th.
It's our 5th wedding anniversary.
I find it hard to come up with words for this post.
But I will tell you this:
The words I will say will be sappy, love-filled, and mushy.
Don't say I didn't warn you :)
Below is my wedding gift from Joshua that he gave to me on our wedding night.
A brand new Bible with my new last name engraved on it, and these words written inside:
Gulp.
How do I communicate the kind of love that I feel for my husband?
The man who has loved me well?
The man who guarded my heart for 2 years before we became One?
The man who guarded my heart for 2 years before we became One?
The man who tells me every day that I'm beautiful, that his eyes are solely focused on me?
The man who works so hard to provide so diligently?
The man who wants me to just be happy-- to simply do whatever it is I want in this life. Just as long as I'm happy?
The man who already has his favorite names picked out for our one-day peanut?
The man who already prays for that child, a child that isn't even in existence?
[engagement photo]
We have been through so much together.
It almost feels like yesterday that he asked if he could marry me, to wake up next to me everyday.
Saying yes was the best decision I ever made.
[honeymoon in Cozumel]
We have been through the divorces, miscarriages, and deaths of friends and family members.
We have been through seasons of unemployment.
We have been through seasons of struggle.
We have been through tons of months where we both hated our jobs.
The man who works so hard to provide so diligently?
The man who wants me to just be happy-- to simply do whatever it is I want in this life. Just as long as I'm happy?
The man who already has his favorite names picked out for our one-day peanut?
The man who already prays for that child, a child that isn't even in existence?
[engagement photo]
We have been through so much together.
It almost feels like yesterday that he asked if he could marry me, to wake up next to me everyday.
Saying yes was the best decision I ever made.
[honeymoon in Cozumel]
We have been through the divorces, miscarriages, and deaths of friends and family members.
We have been through seasons of unemployment.
We have been through seasons of struggle.
We have been through tons of months where we both hated our jobs.
We have lived with family to catch up on bills.
We have gone through seasons where we 100% felt like God had abandoned us.
We have yelled, hurt one another, and said things we wish we could take back.
We have moved 4 times.
We have gone through seasons where we 100% felt like God had abandoned us.
We have yelled, hurt one another, and said things we wish we could take back.
We have moved 4 times.
3 times in San Diego, and our big move out here.
We have traveled.
We have been unwillingly separated for months at a time for his job.
I would not trade getting married at the almost-age-of-22 for the world.
We have LIVED life together.
We have traveled.
We have been unwillingly separated for months at a time for his job.
I would not trade getting married at the almost-age-of-22 for the world.
We have LIVED life together.
We didn't wait to have our lives "figured out."
We got to do that together.
I met my husband when he was 22. Today he is 29.
I have watched him have several jobs.
I met my husband when he was 22. Today he is 29.
I have watched him have several jobs.
I have watched Him wrestle with God.
I have watched him cry.
I have watched him counsel other men and challenge them with their relationship with God.
I have proudly watched him be accepted into a job with the federal government where only so many are chosen and the process to get there was both grueling mentally & physically.
Every time it got rough, he told me he was doing it for me, for us, for our future.
I have watched him help others move on his free Saturdays, take free photos for families' Christmas cards, and help family members string their Christmas lights.
[first Christmas]
I have watched my husband grow into an incredibly Godly man.
One who lives his life with integrity, courage, and strength.
I have watched him cry.
I have watched him counsel other men and challenge them with their relationship with God.
I have proudly watched him be accepted into a job with the federal government where only so many are chosen and the process to get there was both grueling mentally & physically.
Every time it got rough, he told me he was doing it for me, for us, for our future.
I have watched him help others move on his free Saturdays, take free photos for families' Christmas cards, and help family members string their Christmas lights.
[first Christmas]
I have watched my husband grow into an incredibly Godly man.
One who lives his life with integrity, courage, and strength.
One who always challenges me to be a better person.
To think the best of others.
Tomorrow, we celebrate 5 amazing, roller coaster years.
The good, the bad, the ugly.
Wouldn't change a thing.
We wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the "glue" in our relationship.
GOD.
God is so good.
