Seven Years, No Itch

Today we celebrate our seventh anniversary. The celebration is in spirit only because Dylan is on a trip, but that is mighty fine by me. In fact, sadly enough I forgot it was our anniversary until my mom texted us both "Happy anniversary!" this morning. We don't really have anything special planned for this year, but that doesn't mean we don't have so much to celebrate as a pair of people who tied the knot back in 2009. With each anniversary that has come and gone, we have grown together more and more, lived fully and loved without bounds. This might be the most hectic our life together has ever been, but never have we been a stronger team.

I know I've used this blog as a platform to go on and on about how fantastic Dylan is as a person, husband and dad, and today is no different. When we were younger, we were perfect companions for eating and drinking at restaurants five days a week, spending entire days at the pool and just doing as we pleased. We played Guitar Hero together, and he taught me how to skateboard. The landscape of our life together changed rapidly in the years that followed, and here we are today with a house and two kids and hardly any of the luxuries that we enjoyed in our twenties but with exponentially more love and meaning in our lives.

It's certainly not a glamorous life.

But I can't imagine anything better than this.

To go from where we began to where we are now and still be on the same page about most everything in life is truly incredible. Our story isn't unique...I know that most people's lives change quite considerably over the course of seven years, but if you really think back on the progression of things in that time, it's any wonder that two people can remain amicably paired together. Kudos to anyone who has made it this far as a married team and to all those who have gone on to live and love together for much, much longer.

I've never been more confident about anything in my life than the fact that Dylan was the person who I was meant to be with for all of my adult years. I'm the best version of myself because of him. I can only hope that I've brought something equally as important to him because he deserves only to be uplifted.

We've had great times and hard times, but a glance at the big picture of our life together reveals that we are incredibly blessed. I adore him more and more every day. Thank you Dylan for the top-notch life that we live together. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else than right next to you for all of life's adventures. We may not be taking a 20-mile bike ride together or wearing ridiculous matching t-shirts or eating sushi or listening to live music or relaxing poolside at a local resort for our anniversary this year, but we have so much to celebrate, and we'll have time to do those things again in all the years that follow. You are my soul mate and the love of my life and the best companion I've ever known. I love you so much, and I'm so excited for what life throws our way in the coming years!