A Decade Later

It is hard to believe that I can now say that I have been married for ten years. It makes me feel....old. Lol!! 

It seems like forever ago, but just like yesterday all at the same time. To look back through pictures of us then is crazy!! We were babies!!

SEE!!!!!

 If my kids ever even THINK about getting married before they go to college....!!! I wonder if my parents were thinking the same thing. I'm sure they were. Now that I have kids, I can finally understand all the annoying, nagging things my parents would tell me growing up. Funny how that works. Lol!! For them to sit back and watch me make such a HUGE decision at such a young age had to be one of the hardest things they have ever done. A new respect for them for sure.

So...ten years. It's been a crazy ride so far. Some really great up's and some pretty brutal down's. Would I change anything? Well, that's a loaded question. There are plenty of mistakes I have made that I wish I could go back and fix, but would good would that do? Life is full of mistakes, some dumber than others, but that's what makes us who we are. Corney, I know. But that doesn't make it any less true. There is a lot of advice I would like to get give my younger self, but I can't. So I will do what every parent, every GOOD parent, does....give all of my learn-through-experience wisdom to my kids and pray to our precious Lord they don't make the same mistakes.

Thus far, it sounds like my marriage has not been good at all. Not true. Yes, we have had some pretty horrible moments, but even the smallest of good ones makes it all worth it....

We have four pretty terrific kids. Ages ranging from ten to four. This year will be our first year with all of them in school. Another reason to feel old. They are all so different! It's nuts!! I didn't know you could have so many different personalities. All so unique in their own ways. 

We own our own home. Such a huge feeling of accomplishment. Of course we outgrew it the second we moved in, it is still a great blessing for us. 

Through the roller coaster early on in our marriage, I made it back to Christ. And through that, my husband became a Christian as well. A major "up" in our marriage for sure. 

We have learned so many things that only marriage can teach you and all of them are success stories, as small as some may be, for us. 

So here's to our first decade!! And let there be many more to come!!