Happy 5 Years My Love, My Very Best Friend!

I cannot believe that James and I have been married for 5 years, been “official” for 8 years, been best friends for 12 years, and known each other for 15 years! It’s quite incredible to think that so many years ago, God was molding each of us into the people we were meant to be for one another. Over the years I often regretted not accepting James’ invitation for a relationship while we were in high school...but he always reminds me that it just wasn’t the time for us to be together...we just weren’t ready yet. I believe him now as I know that each and every life stage we go through creates the people we come to be. God brought us together at the “perfect” time.

5 years ago, I said “I do” to the love of my life, my very best friend, and I continue to say it every single day. Neither one of us took this commitment lightly on that very special day; neither one of us takes this commitment lightly today. We believe without a doubt that we are meant to be together and that no matter what obstacles we might face, God wants us to work through them TOGETHER, united as one. We are NOT perfect. We have our faults. We even can’t STAND each other at times. BUT, we are normal. We are committed. We are in love.

To put into words how I feel about my husband seems nearly impossible as the love I feel for him is indescribable. I cannot imagine my life without him and it brings tears to my eyes to even momentarily entertain such an idea. James brings out the best in me; he makes me a better person and makes me WANT to be a better me. He walks beside me in this journey of life and he carries me when I can no longer feel my feet. I never feel as safe as I do when I am in his arms-I never doubt that he will do everything in his power to take care of me. He loves me when I’m unlovable and makes me laugh when a smile seems miles away. He is the only one on earth that knows me clearly inside and out-and still loves me!

Happy 5th Anniversary my love...thank you for your commitment to me on this day and every day since!

One of the BEST days of my life!

So, here comes the part where I tell you we went to Greece to celebrate our 5 year anniversary! Can you believe it?? Well, don’t...because it did not happen. Although I reluctantly admit this for the world to read, I do so after the fact and with a lesson well learned. Because of me, we had a terrible less than stellar anniversary. I had accepted the fact that we wouldn’t be able to do anything “spectacular” for our anniversary but when James started throwing “smaller” ideas out there, I let myself get excited. We looked into staying at the hotel we spent our very first night in as a married couple; we looked into spending a day at the spa; we looked into random, unusual things to do around Houston. Needless to say, I thought we were going to do SOMETHING....whether we made the final decision together or not, I expected James to “surprise me.” He did not and I was HIGHLY disappointed. We simply ended up going to the Melting Pot for dinner (which I love but is not by any means unusual at this point). I blame this on my ever changing hormones, medicine filled body, but of course, the tears started flowing....and did not stop until I fell asleep EARLY that night. Yes, POOR JAMES (give him sympathy-he deserves it)! He felt terrible and I felt terrible for making him feel terrible. He even bought me a gift certificate to the spa, which of course I loved, but would have preferred to have spent the day at the spa with him. But what made me cry the most, was the sweet, selfless words he wrote in my card. This man is so good to me-I feel so undeserving! So, yes, I shamefully take responsibility for “ruining” our anniversary. But I must redeem myself and let you know, we “made up” the next morning and continued our celebration! ;-P

I got a text a few days later from a friend about her own anniversary that says it all. Although I found out later she was as upset as I was, here is what she said: “We celebrated at dinner :-) just a low key...low budget...relaxing anniversary. Every day is a celebration :-) “ WOW! What powerful words that I took to heart. Every day is a celebration and we should all remember this. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and I hope that each and every day, we choose to “celebrate” our wonderful life together. Because I believe, it is truly worth celebrating!

Don’t worry, I still intend to show you pictures...whether it was terrible less than stellar or not! ;-)

Before dinner!

Dessert at The Melting Pot (still yum, tears or not)!

The BEAUTIFUL flowers James sent me on Monday-kiss up flowers or not, I still love them! ;-0 So, to my amazing husband, I love you and am so glad to be celebrating 5 years of marriage with you...not just the day, but the journey that brought us here!