Last Saturday me and L celebrated our 5 year anniversary! And I have no other way to put it other than it has just been THE BEST 5 YEARS OF MY LIFE! Lance and I met right around my 19th birthday and we have really had an effortless relationship. We did break up one time for 2 hours in college! I will never forget. Every member of my family called me in a panic afraid I was going to ruin it! IM had actually just come out and my mom was obsessively sending me messages! Poor Lance! But besides that two hour break up (which was over nothing except I figured once you had been dating someone for 9 months it was probably time to break up!) it has always been so natural and so easy. It has been clear from day one that God has matched me with my perfect mate. Marriage is more of a blessing that I ever could have imagined. We have been through some difficult stuff in our five years, however one thing that has never been difficult is our marriage. And for this I feel so blessed. Adoption, infertility, graduate school, job hunting and all that has only made me realize that the person I am sharing this life with is a gift from God! I know we will have things that will try to tug at our marriage. I am not naive. But my husband has stepped up and been the perfect mate through some of our worst seasons of loss and sadness.
My husband shares my heart for orphans and is so selfless. I know he wants up to have children, but he does not care how. Any child could be His child and I know that takes a special person. He doesn't ever have a bad thing to say about anyone and is quick to remind me that gossip and anything other than unconditional kindness if the only way we are meant to live. We don't have to be best friends with everyone, but we need to be kind. This is my husbands way of life. I am such a better person because of him!
We don't "have it all" by any means by our world's standards. But I have something that is rare and I will never take it for granted!
We celebrated at our fave restaurant, Reef, if you live in the Houston area this place is SO worth a try! Best seafood ever!!
Oysters
Fried Mac n cheese
Great time at Reef!
Took me some time to slurp that raw oyster down!
Lance would eat 100 of those little creatures if he could!
I Love you L! I thank God for you every day! I can't wait to see what our future holds and how we will end up growing our family. However, I would not trade this past 5 years for anything. I'm glad it has just been the 2 of us!
2 comments:
Brandon has been to Reef w/ his coworkers and I am dying to go there. Heard it is great! That mac and cheese looks awesome.
It is such a blessing to have such a supportive, loving and committed spouse. Brandon got a lot more than he bargained for early on in our marriage - my eating disorder then infertility - he could have easily said "done!" But he was my ROCK and was always (and still is) pointing me back to/towards God.
We are blessed to have such awesome husbands! Happy 5 years to you guys!
Awwww, thanks dearie! I love you too, very very very much!
-Lance (duh)
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