Celebrating Twenty Years of Marriage

Today we have been married twenty years! It's hard to believe! It's pretty amazing how deep our love is after twenty years of marriage. I realize how little we knew when getting married, but thankfully we knew enough to make good choices in who we chose to be our life partner. I'm so grateful for that. It's really unbelievable what it feels like when you stick with a relationship, you don't quit and you don't give up on one another. I'm so different today then I was at twenty three. Thank God, but so is my husband. We have taught one another so much and God has revealed so many things to us because of who we both are individually.
I want people getting married or newly married to know that when it feels hard, fight harder. When it seems easier to quit, take the more difficult route. When it seems there is no hope, there is always still hope, always. When you don't feel you know one another anymore, dig deeper. Continue to get to know each other even as you change because you will change. That's a good thing. You will want to grow and become different and that's ok. Be accepting of the old person and the new person you both become. Be in tune with one another. Make your partnership a priority and make love even more when you really don't feel like it. When you don't know what to do sometimes it's best to rest and wait and start a new day with a more refreshed mind. Don't make rash decisions. Fight for love. Fight for commitment. Fight for forever. It's so worth it and I can't wait to see how great it is in another twenty years. It's even better than I imagined because we've stayed, we've loved, we've accepted, we've changed, we've grown and we've done it together.