6 Years and Going Strong
Behn and I celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary yesterday. We had a great day! My parents kindly offered to take the kids for the day and we toyed around with different ideas- go to the beer festival? Hike? Day trip to Fredericksburg? Explore a local garden? See a movie? In the end, guess what: we stayed home and worked in the yard all afternoon! It was so relaxing (and FREE) and we got lots of work done, side by side. We had dinner at the Irish pub, got some ice cream, and picked up Patrick. Graham had his first sleep over at Nana and Pop Pop's. And that was our anniversary.
It was nice.
Marriage is funny. You hear all this stuff about how stressful events will take a toll on your marriage. Taking on grad school? Try to keep the fire burning! Having a baby? Make time for each other! New job? Rough waters ahead. Moving? Watch out! This year we had no major life changes: no baby, no move, no school, no new jobs. But this has been the hardest year in our relationship. This was the year we didn't have anything big to look forward to, to dream about. This was the year that we paid bills, parented strong-willed toddlers, learned to get the coffee maker all set up the night before. This was the year that I became a little more realistic, a little less optimistic- not about our marriage, but about life. We're not going to be the perfect parents- darn it. We're not going to save all the hurt children in the world- sorry Social Worker Meg. We're not going to take the kids on a fantastic vacation and fulfill my on-going urge to travel. We are going to pull a lot of weeds. We are going to go to the park again. We are going to keep working on the fence. We are going to invent 65 ways to enjoy rice and beans.
God is faithful. He asks us to come to Him. He nourishes us in His Word and in community with Christian friends and family. God never promised all the happy things- He already gave us Himself. We just have to take, give thanks, be humble. And be willing to follow and serve. That is my prayer for our 7th year of marriage.
If there was anyone in the world I could walk through life with, it would 100% be Behn. You know why? He's really good at building that fence! My meaning, he is hard-working and faithful. We have a lot of laughs together. He's a great Dad and a sweet man. We're still dreaming together- maybe a little less these days- but I know we've got something good.
Love you, Behn.
It was nice.
Marriage is funny. You hear all this stuff about how stressful events will take a toll on your marriage. Taking on grad school? Try to keep the fire burning! Having a baby? Make time for each other! New job? Rough waters ahead. Moving? Watch out! This year we had no major life changes: no baby, no move, no school, no new jobs. But this has been the hardest year in our relationship. This was the year we didn't have anything big to look forward to, to dream about. This was the year that we paid bills, parented strong-willed toddlers, learned to get the coffee maker all set up the night before. This was the year that I became a little more realistic, a little less optimistic- not about our marriage, but about life. We're not going to be the perfect parents- darn it. We're not going to save all the hurt children in the world- sorry Social Worker Meg. We're not going to take the kids on a fantastic vacation and fulfill my on-going urge to travel. We are going to pull a lot of weeds. We are going to go to the park again. We are going to keep working on the fence. We are going to invent 65 ways to enjoy rice and beans.
God is faithful. He asks us to come to Him. He nourishes us in His Word and in community with Christian friends and family. God never promised all the happy things- He already gave us Himself. We just have to take, give thanks, be humble. And be willing to follow and serve. That is my prayer for our 7th year of marriage.
If there was anyone in the world I could walk through life with, it would 100% be Behn. You know why? He's really good at building that fence! My meaning, he is hard-working and faithful. We have a lot of laughs together. He's a great Dad and a sweet man. We're still dreaming together- maybe a little less these days- but I know we've got something good.
Love you, Behn.
Boston Harbor, October 2013
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