Girl’s Life

Today Chris and I celebrate 6 years of marriage. Six whole years being married to my best friend. Pretty darn cool.

It’s been such a whirlwind of love and laughter, of faith and celebration, of the familiarity of all things home and the uncertainty of all the trials and happiness just around the corner. I remember on our wedding day when Chris told me that when he met me he knew he was home. To someone who had always craved spontaneity and sought after new adventures, it was a welcome and surprising refuge for me to find this life partner who was both unexpected and familiar at the same time. We have so much in common that I feel like we’ve been friends our whole lives, yet we continue to learn so much about each other and from each other through the months and years. (Did you ever know a dice could have that many sides? Yeah, me neither. Or, do you know how cool it is to wake up to the smell of coffee and the sounds of your husband entertaining your toddler on a Saturday morning while he let you sleep? Hmm. I think I’ll keep him.)

I don’t remember a fight where we’ve not been able to laugh about it–sometimes right then, but usually, well, much later (Honey, remember when you told me to just chill in the middle of an intense debate? Ha ha, that’s sure funny now, eh? And your head sure did heal up nicely from where I ripped it so gently from its seams…).

But through it all we’ve had a ton of laughs, and I feel blessed to be married to an amazing husband, a caring and fun-loving father, an enormously creative and talented artist and a passionate partner in ministry.

Now that we have this whole other little person in the mix, I realize how lucky and I am to have found someone who loves us both unconditionally. It’s fun to look back and remember that hilarious day six years ago, but it’s even more fun to look forward with grateful expectation to all the memories we’ve yet to make.

Here’s to many more years!