as i type this, i am a mere 3 sleeps from my FIFTEENTH anniversary! yes, i know - i'm far too young to have been married for 15 years, (ha!), but there it is, nevertheless.
people say marriage is hard work, and while i know that to be true, i also know that my marriage is more often fruitful, joyful, safe-making, comfort-giving & sure. there are many pieces and parts of my life that feel vulnerable right now - many things that seem flimsy to me - but none of them are curtis. not one of them is our marriage. even when i know i am making him angry or he is frustrating me, i don't have to worry that it's "the last straw". no matter how much we may not like each other at any given moment, our Love is certain, and we both know those moments pass.
so here's to us! two kids who got married too young, too fast.... who made choices that may have seemed crazy from the outside looking in, but who were following God as honestly as they could.... who have suffered the pain of life's losses alongside the beauty of it's gifts. there's a lyric in a song that is, "let's find out the beauty of seeing things through..." having seen through the last 15 years, i can tell you, there is beauty... and more beauty to come in the next 15.
thanks for being mine, curtis. i love you.
6 comments:
Yep. And I feel like we're just starting to find our groove :-) Love you, babe.
congrats curtis and rachel!
I like that you had the girls. Phffft to you and Curtis!
I've always found your mother's sympathetic heart to be so sensitive...
Do you realize that you've been married for almost half your life already? Feels good, don't it? Congratulations :o)
Here's to you guys! You should be celebrating... seriously... go do it now. ;-) (And by it I mean celebrate... not IT... well... do what you want.)
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