Our 13th Anniversary

Yesterday was our 13th wedding anniversary! I love him more and more with each passing day. He started out as a mystery to me, a stranger.....this tall, dark, handsome man, somewhat quiet and reserved. However, as I started discovering all of the intricate pieces of him, I fell in love with him. I saw a man who would open my car door and take me out for a drive with all of the windows rolled down because he knows that I love car drives. A man who listens to me talk on and on about anything for hours just to spend time together. A man who wrote letters for me from the very beginning, that I still cherish to this day.

As we started out as strangers, we quickly grew into a couple, fell in love, got engaged after 6 months of dating, and 11 months after our engagement we  were married.  He is my best friend, one I can trust and confide in.  He is also a wonderful father to our 3 girls.  A man who would sit up all hours of the night rocking our babies back to sleep until he himself also fell asleep in the rocking chair. A man who works as hard as possible to take care of his family, to put food on the table and keep a roof over our heads. A man who remembers the important things, and always holds my hand, who unwittingly cracks himself up, and always knows how to bring a smile to my face.

We have celebrated successes, comforted each other through failures. Celebrated new lives born, mourned loved ones lost. We have had job changes, housing changes, location changes. There have been lots of changes over the years. But I’m thankful that our love for each other hasn’t changed. It has only grown and strengthened, and he is still the only one for me. I have never felt my love for him waiver. There has never been anyone else on my mind or in my heart. There has only ever been him! I love him more than words can express, and I am SO thankful for him.

I want to thank him for always being a supportive husband, for always encouraging me in everything that I do. Thank you for always being a positive role model for our kids. You are loving and nurturing to them and even though you work long hours and late nights you are still very involved in their lives. Thank you for choosing me. I hope we have many more years together...Happy 13th Anniversary!