this year marks our 5th christmas tree as a married couple! i can hardly believe that it has
been that long. sometimes i wonder where the time went or why we
haven't accomplished more, but 5 christmas trees and a lot of love
later, we are still here. going strong.
i could get caught up in shoulda woulda coulda, but what good would that do? instead i am choosing to focus on how far we have come. getting married in a time where the world puts little focus on marriage and family. putting ourselves through college and finishing successfully. building up our savings. learning more about each other and how to be better spouses. traveling together. setting goals and accomplishing (most of) them.
5 years ago (come january) i married the man of my dreams. the type of man i had always wanted to marry. seriously. he. is. it. and i can't even begin to tell you how much i love that man. life without him would be so empty. so strange. so terrible.
it's no secret that this last year has been rough for us. it's been a "why aren't things turning out better when we are trying SO hard" sort of time for us. but i wouldn't want anyone else by my side helping me through it all... i hope he feels the same about me. and i know that someday we will look back on this time in our lives and wonder why we were so worried. i know that we will be stronger and more faithful because of the trials we face. i am so happy that i have that knowledge and that i have the Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. we would be lost without it!
here's to another 5 years that are even happier than the last!
1 comment:
Ok so after reading this, I have to tell you, you MUST listen to this musical called "The Next Five Years". Its about a young pair who meet one another, fall in love, get married, grow apart, an affair starts and they end up divorcing. It is heartwrenching and so well written you will swear that you are going through what the characters are going through. My girlfriend burned me a CD with this musical on it. Simply listening to it makes me tear up and want to cherish every single second I get with her. Aside from being an absolute masterpiece (and Im a songwriting major, it's really that good) I think if you guys listen to it, it could inspire you to love each other even more, and help realize all the failed relationships and heartaches that people of this world go through. The whole thing is just alternating songs from the two characters, the girl, Cathy sings one and the guy, Jamie sings the next one. He sings chronologically backwards and she sings her songs forwards. From the sound of it, Im sure you two will have a much better next five years than those characters. If you do check it out, let me know what you think! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
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