Happy Anniversary-another wonderful year!

36 years tomorrow, Dec 9th. 36 wonderful years...amazing years...my life...our life.

And I can't leave out the 6 years we dated before we were married.  met in 1983, just kids...married 1989. What a wonderful year. I was 22, he was 23. We were so young and felt so grown up. I think back to when my kids were that age and think, "there is no way I would let them get married!" These years have brought us so much happiness, pain, hard times, and through it all, we survived.

We battled infertility, but then we were blessed with 2 awesome kids. Then we bought a new house and moved when they were 9 months old.  Then illness hit my hubs with a back injury and surgery, blessed with healing. This brought us to a tough decision to have him be a stay at home dad. That was one of the best decisions we ever made. Our kids are better for it. And even though I had to work, a lot, I got out of doing house work, grocery shopping, dishes! 

Then cancer hit us. My breast cancer battle. That was a hard one, and it was hard for my kids because they were just teenagers, going through life themselves. Hard for my hubs, to watch me be so weak when I was so strong. But we came through on the other side and have been blessed with healing. 

We have had other times of ups and downs, my hubs going back to school and getting his degree, the kids going off to college, me having to let go and let my kids grow up and move out (and away. I don't like that part!). Our grandparents passing away, (I really don't like that!).

Through it all, we experienced it together. Supported each other. Our marriage is stronger every day, every year. He gets me, he knows me. All my quirks, nonsense words. When I don't make sense, he understands me. Knows what I need before I say it. He talks "Autumn"! He says sometimes he just has to laugh at some of the things I say. He tells me that is one of things he loves about me. I have been so blessed that God placed my hubs in my life. 

So as we celebrate our lives together, married 36 years, I anticipate and look forward to the future years. I know we have so much more to experience together. 

And I can't wait to see what is in store for us. 

Ephesians 5:33 "However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband."

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10- "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:

If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.

But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

Love to all,