A Man Like That! Happy 15th!

This week is full of milestones for our family but the big one is our 15th wedding anniversary.  It doesn't seem possible that this time 15 years ago I was finalizing plans, picking up dresses and champagne and running around like a CRAZY person making sure it was all done for my day, oops sorry I meant OUR day ;).  I have been thinking back to that time in my life and how things have changed.  I think about all the things that made me think Jason was "the one".  I often joke with my friends that we have to be together because I am not sure anyone else could have handled either of us.   The truth is when you are young and in love the things that matter then are different than the things that matter now.  We had chemistry, which basically means I liked the way he looked in his jeans and he thought I had nice legs!  Jason was handsome and smart and driven to do well.  We both wanted children and we both wanted the life we have now, one where he heads off to work and I stay home and care for said children.

We have changed so much, neither of us are the same people that we were all those years ago.  The neat thing is we are still the same as a couple.  Still on the path together even though the path has changed, still laughing together, still enjoying each other's company, still us but a new and improved version of us.  Stronger and better.  Our love has endured lost jobs, new jobs, big moves and small moves, birth of 3 children and the loss of dear family, so many things!   I get it now "for better or worse".  I have known far more "better" but I am so grateful that I had Jason by my side to help me through the "worse" and I feel even more grateful to have been there for him.


The things that matter now are different.  I have a husband who makes me a priority.  A husband who cares what I think.  A husband that will sacrifice to make sure I have something I want.  A husband who would have given up a wonderful career opportunity so that I could stay with my friends if I had asked.  A husband who brags about me to his mother and his friends.  A husband!  The person who knows me best in the world!  And he still thinks I have nice legs!

I love him more that words can say and I probably don't tell him often enough but then again I could tell him every minute of everyday and it still wouldn't be enough.