12 years

Yesterday, Tim and I celebrated 12 years of wedded bliss.

Last weekend we had the opportunity to get away, just he and I, for 22.5 whole hours to celebrate. We stayed the night in a quaint little bed and breakfast, in my favorite little town of Pentwater. We shopped, ate dinner, walked on the beach, got ice cream, played tennis, and ate and talked some more. It was some much needed respite from our regularly scheduled life.

It's amazing how much our lives have changed in 12 short years. As we were walking hand in hand browsing into the windows of the local shops, I was reflecting on this.

The sidewalks and streets were crowded, due in part to the overcast, not so beach friendly weather. We needed to cross the street, but the traffic was thick and the street was lined with parked cars attempting to come and go. Anyhow, in our pursuit to cross, we would get to a corner, see the busyness, and keep walking. It took a bit, before we realized it was just he and I, and we could cross the street pretty quickly anywhere. We are so in tune with herding 5 little people around with us, that we view most everything from that perspective.

We talked about this. While we love our children to pieces, ultimately in 18 years it will be just Tim and I again. Our lives are in a perpetual state of busy right now, due in part to the 5 little people that claim residence under our roof. However, we need to make sure we take time to grow our marriage relationship too. To maintain common interests, and be able to communicate about things beyond potty training strategies.

We brought out the familiar yellow pad of college ruled goodness, and made some goals... because nothing gets us more fired up than making lists while we sip our coffee.

Just a few of our goals include... going out on a date once a month, going through our budget/bills together the first Sunday night of every month, playing tennis together more often, and going away to Pentwater every year on our anniversary....unless of course at 15 years Tim will take me someplace farther LOL.

I am truly blessed to be married to my best friend. Whatever life circumstances have come our way, our love has remained constant.