twenty-one years of us.

We’ve lived a lot of life since our early days.

Twenty-one years ago today, on the 9th of September in 2003, our today was officially set into motion. A happy, happy day, indeed. One that we’ll always celebrate. I love my Teesh with everything in me. We celebrated 21 years with a full day of serving in unique ways, a home cooked meal, a youth football game, a picture in our kitchen (taken by our son), and a heart-to-heart with both tears and laughter before bed.

Simple but beautiful.

I love us.

Everyday we spend together gets better, even as the hard days crash into us. The hard only makes our roots sink down deeper into the ground, and we rejoice because we have lived just enough life to know that this is not always the case. Steady love, that’s what we have. We fight for it and give it space to grow, but the real miracle is that we don’t just love each other — we like each other a whole lot, too. I would still choose him and he would still choose me over and over and over again.

What a gift to have loved (and had a big ol’ crush on) this man for 21 years and get to shepherd a family together. Every season has brought both sunshine and rain, and I pray the shade from our deep-rooted pursuit of each other and our Lord blesses generation after generation.

p.s. We’re legal!