Yesterday Casey and I celebrated nine wonderful years of marriage! We didn't celebrate by way of an extravagant dinner or by way of expensive gifts for one another. This year was a bit more simple and honestly a bit more meaningful. Each of us had such a busy day yesterday we barely managed to squeeze in a "Happy Anniversary" as we passed each other in the bathroom! And after nine years both of us were actually ok with that. With a long day behind me and an even longer drive home in the rain at nine o’clock at night, I came home to three of the most beautiful red roses, a card waiting to be opened and the cutest little chocolate cupcake just waiting to be devoured! My husband had the most precious and most thoughtful gift waiting on me. His day was just as long as mine and yet he took time to find a sweet and adorable way to let me know our marriage and all that it encompasses was still as important to him now as it was the day we said “I do”. Aren’t the little things in life the most precious! This anniversary has meant more to me than the other eight combined. (And yes that even includes year five when we went on a cruise)
It meant more because it was less…I know some of you can not believe this statement is actually coming from my mouth. But it is so true! Our day was just like any other day. It had its ups and its downs. It had its good and it even had its bad. But at the end of it all just like any other day it had us there together. Is that not what marriage is all about! That just resonates with me. I would never in a million years trade that “us” for anything in the world!
And these are some of the reasons why …. my brain tumor, his salvation, the amazing birth of Our Anna-Claire, God’s leading, our following, his dreams, my realities, our calling to the ministry, my in-laws, the loving family that surrounds us, his in-laws, our good’s, our bad’s, and yes even our ugly’s, his smile, my touch, our home, the cat he hates, the places we have gone, the places we will go, his weird little man traits, my indecisiveness when it comes to dinner, the prayer of one day Anna-Claire coming to know the Lord as her personal Savior, our hope, the love we share, the story we’ve made….
Happy Anniversary … to Us!
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