Today is the first day of Spring -- FINALLY. Despite my allergies, I have a deep love for this season. Spring is known for new life and gives me so much hope for the beauty to come.
But March 20th means much more to me... it's the day that Tony and I made it official and exclusive twelve years ago. (Though, honestly, we might as well have made it official two years earlier if it wasn't for me being so stubborn!) I can't say I know any different than the life I've lived, but it has been an amazing experience growing up next to the person you love. We've seen each other through a little bit of everything... personal hardship, injuries, loss, failure. And we've been there through new lives joining us, weddings, graduations, new jobs, big moves. Not to mention our own wedding, pregnancies, child births, and newborn phases. We've lived in countless houses, one apartment, and purchased our own home.
And if you would have asked me twelve years ago whether I would be with Tony for the rest of my life, I would have told you yes. But of course, don't we all believe that at the time? Especially our first true love? Our journey was anything but conventional. We went through all kinds of bumps over those years and I can't count the number of times I've wished I could go back to what I now refer to as my "lost years" and do things differently... but the truth is, I can't. And all the things in our past truly do make us the people we are today. I do know that through the most difficult part of my life that he was the glue that held me together, the gravity that kept me planted, and he was the bright and shiny light when I needed to see. He was my friend through everything and at a time when it seemed like there was no hope for a future with us, he was steadfast that we would find a way.
We knew one another as carefree kids on the soccer fields, awkward adolescents on the way to prom, almost-adults-but-not-quite struggling to find our way, and now as parents to our own beautiful children.
I'm so thankful that Tony kept asking me to be his girlfriend until I was ready. I'm so thankful to be married to someone who I love so much. I'm so thankful for all the stepping stones that lead us to where we are. I'm thankful for his surprise visits to the Quad Cities from Memphis when we lived 500+ miles apart. And I'm thankful to have him next to me through life - then and now.
So while this anniversary gets trumped by our wedding anniversary these days, it's a breath of fresh air to think back on where we were so many years ago. It fills me with so much awe & appreciation to remember the beautiful, unadulterated love we had for each other and where it all began.
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But March 20th means much more to me... it's the day that Tony and I made it official and exclusive twelve years ago. (Though, honestly, we might as well have made it official two years earlier if it wasn't for me being so stubborn!) I can't say I know any different than the life I've lived, but it has been an amazing experience growing up next to the person you love. We've seen each other through a little bit of everything... personal hardship, injuries, loss, failure. And we've been there through new lives joining us, weddings, graduations, new jobs, big moves. Not to mention our own wedding, pregnancies, child births, and newborn phases. We've lived in countless houses, one apartment, and purchased our own home.
And if you would have asked me twelve years ago whether I would be with Tony for the rest of my life, I would have told you yes. But of course, don't we all believe that at the time? Especially our first true love? Our journey was anything but conventional. We went through all kinds of bumps over those years and I can't count the number of times I've wished I could go back to what I now refer to as my "lost years" and do things differently... but the truth is, I can't. And all the things in our past truly do make us the people we are today. I do know that through the most difficult part of my life that he was the glue that held me together, the gravity that kept me planted, and he was the bright and shiny light when I needed to see. He was my friend through everything and at a time when it seemed like there was no hope for a future with us, he was steadfast that we would find a way.
We knew one another as carefree kids on the soccer fields, awkward adolescents on the way to prom, almost-adults-but-not-quite struggling to find our way, and now as parents to our own beautiful children.
I'm so thankful that Tony kept asking me to be his girlfriend until I was ready. I'm so thankful to be married to someone who I love so much. I'm so thankful for all the stepping stones that lead us to where we are. I'm thankful for his surprise visits to the Quad Cities from Memphis when we lived 500+ miles apart. And I'm thankful to have him next to me through life - then and now.
So while this anniversary gets trumped by our wedding anniversary these days, it's a breath of fresh air to think back on where we were so many years ago. It fills me with so much awe & appreciation to remember the beautiful, unadulterated love we had for each other and where it all began.
Happy Anniversary.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah! :) I love recognizing all the anniversaries in our life :D
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