My heart is so full and I hardly know how to write down what this year has meant to me. It has been the best year of my life. I have never been happier, felt more loved or secure or been blessed so abundantly. Don't get me wrong, I have had a good life before I got married. But waiting for Danny was hard. Being single when most of my friends had three or four or FIVE children and celebrating their 8th or 9th or 10th wedding anniversaries was just hard at times. I felt like I was waiting forever!!! I was 30 when I even started dating Dan....not how I imagined life going.
But...
Never did I imagine that I would find a match just perfect for me. Totally, TOTALLY worth the wait.
Do I believe in soul mates? I have to. This guy is mine and I am his. I wouldn't want anyone else in the world. I think that question always bothers me cuz people write articles or even books to say soul mates aren't real, but that's just how I feel. He's my best and my favorite.
This year has been filled with joy but.....also lots of stubborness, more then our fair share of fights, arguments and those DEADLY silences....thats what I hate more than anything!!!
YET every day I wake up more in love with this man, and every day around 4pm I just get anxious and EXCITED waiting for him to come home to me. My favorite time of the day is getting cozy together and knowing that we are HOME for the night. And we had such a full year of togetherness. Our summer was filled with canoe rides and beach days and watching movies with 3 fans blowing on us. Our fall was filled with hikes, games nights and lots of cheap Tuesday night movie nights. And our GLORIOUS long cold winter filled with storm days were SO fun because this year we were together...not separated at our own apartments like last year! I loved snuggling up with this guy on our (MANY) storm days this year. Now it is spring and we have worked hard to get our yard straightened up and setting up our deck with my new hammock and flower baskets.
One full year of love and happiness.
We have learned alot about budgetting money, adjusting to a new church, balancing time together, figuring out how video games fit in our life!!! and lots of time with our fams (and friends if we are lucky!!!)
I love Danny Stretch more than ever and I feel so loved by him.
Marriage is not easy. I knew that it wouldn't be, but its the best thing that ever happened to me!
