You know every year around Thanksgiving Michael & I celebrate a mini-Anniversary. A time spent looking back over the last several years and realizing how much has changed and how far we’ve come. We started dating during the week of Thanksgiving and so it’s neat to reflect during that time. We have discussions like, 5 years ago would you have imagined having another baby, moving into our home, visiting Disney twice, changing cars 3 times, etc… but behind all of that stuff, I step back and look at life 5 years ago. I am still thankful for getting married despite our very rocky start. But I realize that I’ve let all the little nuances of life get in the way and at times I have forgotten to appreciate him. With two kids some days I feel like we play tag in who’s home and who’s working and who’s picking them up or dropping them off.
All that busyness can crowd in on the most important thing, your relationship. I’m sure some will say, we’ll it’s only been 5 years, you wait. But I know this, every year I get with Mike is another year full of blessings, I never take them for granted because I never know which one will be the lat. He’s one man in my life that no one can come close to. I really think that due to Michael’s insane spoiling I’ll only ever be married once because it just doesn’t get any better than this. I’m thankful for having a week to remember and cherish the man I married and love. My running joke is that they just don’t make them like that anymore and well, I still believe that’s true.
So today I hope to encourage you to stop, think about life before you met your spouse and how much love, joy, and life they have added to yours. You might just be overwhelmed. He’s still the one and I’m still in love!
