Yeah, something like that! It doesn't really matter where it started, it is the journey you are on and the story you share together and with others. Those who follow our story, I hope it inspires and strengthens you, and if you are married, your marriage.
Now 23 years isn't one of the milestones in the Hallmark world, but for us, it is a year to remember and be thankful for. A year when life was won, and love conquered all. A year of loss and survival, celebrations and successes.
Twenty three years ago, probably too young to marry, I married a young man who loved to play volleyball in the sand and would spontaneously jumped in a car to take a road trip.
Today, I celebrate a man who has sacrificed everything to love and protect me and Jacob. A man who brings every situation to a peaceful solution. A man who would die for us and stand in the way of harm for his friends. A man who made a decision every day for the last 20 years to live. A man who makes a difference in people's lives and most of the time they don't even realize it. A man who believes in making others better. Making me better, and Jake, the best he can be. A man who dedicated his entire life to being the best dad he could be, never letting anything get in the way of that. He gave his all, all the time, in every situation.
Today, we celebrate 23 years of marriage and have so much to be thankful and proud of in our life together.
Today, we celebrate what happens when love wins. When God is in the center. When the focus in not on selfish ambition but on serving one another.
Today, we celebrate a home, a family and an amazing young man we call our son.
Today, we celebrate our neighbors who walk in this journey with us, growing as families in a neighborhood that values tradition and the spirit of children.
Today, we celebrate those who stood by us through the storms and returned to stand by our side in our darkest moments.
Today, we celebrate life for all it has given us.
It is our new beginning, our milestone, our love, that will carry us through another 23 years.
"Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken." - Ecclesiastes 4:12
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