it's one of those things that gets sweeter with time

Yesterday, exactly 11 years ago, my sweet hubby and I both said, "I DO". I was 20 and he 21. We were young and we were in LOVE.

To have and to hold. To love and to cherish. In sickness and in health. For better or worse. Till death do us part.

And as we said our wedding vows we meant it.

It wasn't just for how ever long we felt we wanted to be married, or say until some issue came up, or say until someone else came along that suited our fancy better.

No it was a FOREVER commitment. We knew before we were married divorce was not an option for us.

Now we wern't dumb and assumed life would always just be so sweet and perfect and that there would never be any disagreements or arguments or trouble. No, we knew that wonderful, jittery, heart-fluttering , bliss we felt on our special day and on our honey moon would not last forever.
But we knew our good ole' deep , strong, dedicated love would last as long as time did.

And we knew that come what may in life, we would see it trough TOGETHER. We knew God hated divorce, and also knew those who do not see it as an option try much harder on their marriages.

So we are 11 years later down the road and 5 children. Have we had arguments , disagreements, and spats? Yes, but nothing that wasn't quickly and easily worked out. Have we ever had our feelings hurt from each other? Yes, but nothing that couldn't be covered in God's Love and healed in time. ( that almost makes it sound like there was something bad in our marriage, but there truly hasn't been: just little minor things)

Our love for each other has only grown over these years. Our love has become so much deeper and stronger than we could have imagined.

Marriage does take work , it also takes God's true love for one another, complete unselfishness, giving of your self, tons of patience, and constant communication, and 100% commitment for each other. You have to put the other person ahead of your self. With those things your love and marriage can do nothing but only grow and flourish!

And I believe our love truly has gotten sweeter with time.
And we're still young and we're still in love!!

So I say bring on the next 11 years!! I can't wait to see what they will hold!!
I love you more than words can say sweet hubby of mine!!