Anniversary

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It amazes me sometimes how time can trick you. Waiting with baited breath for the end of a rough week while marveling at the speed of the last year; the paradox of it is not lost on me. 

Eight years ago today I was privileged to enter the House of the Lord and be married for time and all eternity to my sweetheart.

I thought I was so grown up when I got married all those years ago. I was done with college and moving on to a whole new part of life! (thought in haughty, self-accomplished tones)

Now I know I was just a baby.

That is not to say that I regret any of the choices- quite the contrary, I'm so thankful I had the courage (or naivete) to make such big, great decisions. (I'm not really a skilled maker of choices usually) 

I just see now (in blessedly clear hindsight) that it was truly only a beginning. I didn't know then how much I would (or could) love this sweet boy. I didn't know what it would mean to become and live life as a mother. (Or how much MORE love would fill me through that new job)

I didn't know, but hopefully I'm learning, that every day is a new adventure.

I'll never be done, and rather than having that be something to haunt me, it is something to cherish.