Four Years

I started this morning with a munchkin curled up in my bed, and a sleepy husband that I whispered "Happy Anniversary" to as I was on my way out the door. We shared a quiet kiss, and it was off to work. "How lucky am I to be able to fit my whole world into one bed?" I thought to myself.


Before I left the house, I chose one of my favourite wedding pictures we have on facebook, and wrote a post:
"Four Years. A small dent into our eternity, and at the same time, the day is still so fresh in my memory. Our past leaves a sparkly trail, and our future is so bright the path is practically lit up. I cannot imagine a day without this sarcastic, generous, kind hearted and ambitions as hell man beside me on our journey. I look forward to the endless more memories and laughs. I love you so much, Ty. Thank you for being exactly the man (both husband and daddy) that Garett and I need xox"


Tyler and I had a long road, as I was so young when we first met. There was so much growing and learning involved in our path, that it was very challenging at times to make it work. But we somehow managed to grow together, at the same pace, and with each other to lean on. He taught me many things about life, and I taught him about a life he never knew before my clan came into his. We managed the give and take of a relationship from very early on, and I am thankful everyday that we went with the ebb and flow of life.


All of the growing, changing, teaching and learning has brought us to a point of unconditional, endless love. His cousin once told us before we got married to "choose love. even when you don't feel it. love never fails, and is the solution to so many problems." I think this is the key to it all. Love. If you don't have it, multiply it, share it, and accept it, then it's all over. You must love one another even in the ugly moments.


I cannot believe I have known Tyler for a decade, and been together for most of that time (obviously married for four now). Time is flying by, and it's all I can do to sometimes just BE in the moment. To have a very brief, very "real" moment in each day, where I just kind of look around. Look at Tyler, look at our beautiful boy, the home we have, and everything we have managed to accomplish with each other side by side. Life, love, marriage--it really is such a beautiful thing.


When people ask "how did you know he was the one?" the silence you hear come from my mouth might be interpreted as me not knowing, when in reality it is me going through every single memory I have of the times we have shared together. "It was nothing and everything, the big things and the little things," is harder to understand than my quiet reflection.


So, here's to four years of married bliss. Here's to a lifetime more. And I will end this post, the same way I ended my speech four short years ago:
"This day I married my friend, the one I laugh with, live for, dream of, and love"


Have a wonderful day, everyone. And give those important people in your life a big kiss and hug! It goes fast!