Love and Marriage

Our toughest ‘years’ of marriage were probably the first couple. We were in love but not quite synced. I did a lot more yelling and fussing then I needed to. He didn’t voice his opinions or his troubles and did a lot more stewing then he should have. We learned. We grew. We stayed in love.

We have gotten closer. I can honestly say I’m even more in love with him *today* then on our wedding day. (Something I probably thought was impossible as I walked down the aisle on my dad’s arm.) Children have come. A house bought. New mutual-friends made. Work has taken its share of our time. But we found a pace, side-by-side. A pace that we enjoyed.

Iraq came. He was gone for a YEAR. (More if you count the months of training before he left.) We talked as often as we could. We even got a little “frisky” via web-cams. We stayed in love despite thousands of miles and time zones between us.

Now he is home. We are trying to re-sync. It’s happening, slowly but most certainly. Through it all we are still very much in love!

So today as I was knee-deep buried in work. A deadline on my plate. Thoughts of everything that I can accomplish while my children are in child-care. He whispered in my ear, “Love, let’s go catch a baseball game.” 11:05am was the first-pitch. It was 10:00am. I hemmed and hawed. What is a girl to do?

Well this very happily-married couple spent the afternoon at the ballpark. A hot-dog and nachos for lunch. A Pepsi to quench our thirst. The sun in our face. A hand on my knee unless we were cheering & clapping for our favorite team (which we do a lot of!)

Yes, I am 100% in love and it grows every day. Keep your home-fire lit! Take time to ‘date your spouse’. You won’t regret it!