I love my man...

On this day 10 years ago I married an amazing man. I have to admit that at the time of our wedding I did not truly understand all of his awesomeness nor did I truly understood the depth of my love for him. We were young and our wedding was quicker than we originally planned. Leases were up and moving in with friends for a short time period, paying deposits, setting up utilities, etc. all seemed silly. So we moved up the date celebrating with a simple, sweet, small ceremony. I now look back and see that our wedding was a true testament to what we really desire in life. Family, close friends, God's Blessing, and one another! We were still in college and I was student teaching therefore I was not working. Poor guy started our marriage supporting us financially and has ended up willingly accepting the challenge once again. Neither of us knew exactly where our lives would take us. Nor did we ever plan on living basically with one income. We knew we loved one another and were eager to make the commitment to share our lives with one another for eternity. Now just as every marriage has it's moments ours has not been any different. Of course there are days that I feel as though I am going to go insane if one more pair of shoes are left lying around the house, or if I have to verbally ask a certain someone to do something (opposed to reading my mind) I am going to scream. I can say that we dearly appreciate and respect one another, and share the same values. As husband & wife, as mother & father we value family. Everyone values different things. Some place value on vacations, occupations, Ira's, retirement, homes, etc. Which all of these things are perfectly wonderful as well as practical. Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, opinions, and ideas. We value family which is why we have worked so hard to focus on our family. I suppose what I am saying is, to all you young unmarried people it is crucial that you understand commitment, and share the same values with the person you spend the rest of your life with. I realize that it may be easy to form personal opinions or judge some of our choices. Yet for us they are the right choices. We are madly in love, extremely grateful, tremendously devoted, and enormously supportive of one another. When Casey and I are old and sitting on the front porch I promise we will look back on our life and smile with feelings joy and peace. I can say with certainty that I love Casey with all my heart and I feel privileged to spend the rest of our time as husband and wife. Trust me if I were to make a list of the pros and cons the pros would largely out way the cons. (Honestly!!!)