Five years ago I was lying on a beach on Key Largo, or likely indulging in some delicious dinner. We were already reminiscing about our beautiful wedding day (and we haven’t stopped since). I’ve changed a lot in five years of marriage (and five years of life), and Ben is quire different than that skate-boarding …
I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You
I couldn’t help falling in love with you as… I watched you fold the baby clothes and arrange them in the new (very incomplete) nursery. you whispered a prayer in the morning when you still thought I was asleep. you sang your loudest in our new house, with no neighbors close enough to hear. your …
In Defense of Marriage
I met Ben on December 6, 2010. We were engaged by May and married exactly three months later, three months before my twenty-first birthday. Even if I had wanted to, I couldn’t legally drink at my own wedding. My baby cousin got engaged last week (in the most movie-esque proposal complete with fresh rose petals …
What in the world was I thinking? an anniversary post
Three years ago and three months ago I made a choice. When you got down on one knee on that dock and asked me that question, I chose you. Three months later I told God about that choice, and we chose each other, forever. What in the world was I thinking? Why did I think …
A Love Letter
This morning I sent Ben off bright and early for his first day of work. I’ve been supervising movers and unpacking for the majority of the day but while sitting here, surrounded by boxes, I found an unpublished post from a few months back. It was the night before Ben’s final interview for the job …
I Thought I Loved You Then
When I was in New Hampshire earlier this month Ben and I attended an art exhibit that my grandfather had a few pieces in. While I was admiring the vivid colors in one striking picture of crows, the artist came up and introduced herself. When she found out my husband was at the gallery …