Wedding Anniversary

Today's our anniversary...4 years! I can't believe it. I'm married to my very best friend. I'm married to a guy who thinks I'm hilarious even though everyone else knows I have a terrible sense of humor. And married to a man I had to beg to stop being so funny when I was pregnant and would laugh so hard I'd get terrible stomach cramps! I'm married to someone who's hot! Hotter than when we first met! I'm married to a man who tells me, "You're such a good mommy" when I get up to nurse my baby in the middle of the night. I'm married to a guy I've seen cry 3 times: 1-at church, grateful to God for His grace in his life, 2-half way through my pregnancy, so happy to have such an amazing gift, 3-after Violet was born while explaining to me that he hopes we can do just one thing for our baby- to give her the gospel and help her know that her only hope in this world of hardship and pain is in Jesus' love for her. I'm married to a guy who loves cuddling and tickling and sleeping in the guest room or on an air mattress in the living room just for the fun of having a slumber party. I love him more than anything in the world and I love him increasingly more each day and year.

It didn't start out as love at first sight for us. We met through a mutual friend at a church conference and had lunch together with a small group of people. He only remembered me out of charity...I seemed to be shy and someone who didn't have any friends (ha! whatever!! :)) so he thought it'd be really great of himself to talk to me and make a point to remember my name. And six months later when we met again I thought it was the first time...I didn't remember him AT ALL from our lunch! Sorry, babe. Shortly after that, we lived in the same city, started hanging out alot and became really close friends...soon it was head over heels L-O-V-E and we got married only 3 years after we met.

Our relationship isn't flawless. We've been through some hard times and brought each other alot of pain at times too. But I'll tell you...there's nothing that brings two people together like true, deep forgiveness. There's been rough times but going through the difficult times has been a binding glue for us. Being able to see the not-so-pretty side of each other, and having God's help to love that person anyway, has brought us into a deep love and appreciation for each other that I never could have imagined possible in any relationship. Dru has done this for me much more than I have for him.

Four years has gone by so fast, as I'm sure I'll say of all the years to come as well. I feel rich, absolutely rich, to have had such an amazing husband and friend in my life these last 4 years and will appreciate every single day I have with him in the future. I love you, Dru. Happy Anniversary, babe!