A little over 5 years ago I said yes to your proposal but I did not understand the impact that simple answer would have on my life until I was walking down the aisle and could see your love for me so easily displayed. It was in that moment that my life fell into place. To be loved so deeply by someone is the ultimate gift and God had truly blessed me with you. I remember trying to decide on the readings at our wedding. I have always like 1 Corinthians but felt it was overused but reading it now I realize that this is one of the most honest descriptions of love available. It describes the love of our marriage, a feeling I never imagined because it is too deep for the word love to even describe.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.8 Love never fails.
Just reading it reminds me that alone I am truly nothing but together with our love, we are everything. We have walked together now truly sharing our lives and love for 4 years. You have seen me at my absolute worst (and I do not mean my Medusa hair in the morning) and you held me up and continued to love me. You are the strongest man I know. You have true faith and because of your love and guidance I am able to be the woman that I am today.
Reading the above passage also reminds me of our love for our family. You are the kind of father that I cannot wait for children to know and love because you will be able to show them a love that is powerful, formed in the light of God's love, and all encompassing. When the world is bitter and cold, you have been my warmth. When I have been so far away, you were the only one with the valor to come and save me. When I have been more or less as a wife than you imagined (or I expected) you have loved me anyway.
I pray every night but not for what people would think. I pray for continued peace in my life and I pray that everyone including you can feel the kind of love described in 1 Corinthians. The kind that subtly sweeps you off your feet and carries you through an amazing life together. Thank you for being the best parts of me and loving the worst. Happy 4 Year Anniversary and Happy 9 Years Together! Here's to more journeys, heart aches, laughs, memories, and steadfast love.
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(not a photogenic year for this couple LOL)
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(this is the first picture we ever took together)
