This past week I celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary with the man who is and will always be the love of my life. Our story is not that interesting or unusual. We met as teenagers. We dated through high school and in college. We broke up and got back together. We lived together, married, bought a house, and started a family.
Having watched my parents’ marriages dissolve more than once, I don’t have a good example of a what a great marriage looks like. I mean no disrespect to my parents, I know they did the best they could with what they had. But it made that moment of standing in front of our friends and family 10 years ago feel somewhat like standing on the brink of the abyss. I had no idea of what lay ahead for us and if we would make it through together. But I knew if I was to take the leap into the unknown, he was the one I wanted holding my hand.
He is my best friend in the whole world. He makes me feel safe when I am scared. He has made me a better person, a better mom. He helps me face my fears and celebrates my joys. He takes care of me when I am sick, and nurtures me when I am well. He is an incredible father to our boys. After all these years he can still make my heart skip a beat just by walking in the door. So here is the man that I have spent more of my life with than without, given me the gift of our amazing children, and the only person who even after 10 years of marriage and 24 years together can still make me pee my pants laughing.
Finally all my boys decked out in their Redskin’s jerseys. It is always a much happier week when they win!
