This is a big one, people. Kevin and I have been together an entire decade. I can hardly believe it. Sometimes I feel like we were just standing in our now backyard saying 'I do' and other times I feel like we have been together for-ev-er. It ebbs and flows.
If I knew ten years ago what I know now I would have married this man as soon as I laid eyes on him. He is truly the greatest person that ever happened to me. He is my best friend and there is no one else on this planet I would want to do this life with day in and day out. I did not draw the short straw in the husband category.
I don't want to get too mushy gushy here, so I am just going to end with one thing I have learned in my ten years of marriage.
Stay married.
Marriage is hard and tricky and annoying and lovely and familiar and a gift. If you're in a drought in your marriage, be patient. Wait. Try. Work. The rainbow that comes along with the rain is on the horizon and it will get better.
Marriage is worth it. Worth the hard days, the hard weeks, the hard months, the hard years. Marriage is worth the humbling act of saying 'I'm sorry'. Marriage is worth the dirty laundry not in the laundry basket and the empty water glass on the nightstand and the remnants of grass scattered through the living room. Marriage is worth letting some things go to make room for relationship and forgiveness and love. Marriage is worth it all.
I am taking a risk here, but I would venture to say that marriage is the greatest gift God gave us on earth, besides Jesus of course. I know it's mine.
So, Happy Anniversary, love. You're simply my greatest and best adventure.
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