7 Years...

The past 7 years have been the most life altering years of my entire life. In that time I have grown into the person I am today. Although, I am still diligently working towards becoming the person I want to be. I am no longer as naive as I used to be. You came into my life at a very crucial time. I was 16. The guy I had put everything on the line for betrayed me. I no longer knew how to trust. I used to always pray that God would put the guy he had reserved for me in my path at the time I needed him most. 

I met you the night before I found everything out. I had no idea I'd see you again. When I did see you again and our eyes locked...something told me you were the one. You weren't my type of guy, but you were it. All along I had been looking in all the wrong places. Thank you for finding me! I love you for that. 

From the start we were not a very "normal" couple. What is normal anyway? You didn't ask me for my number. I stole yours from my brother's phone. You didn't ask me on a date or to be your girlfriend. You told me you cared about me and wanted to show me you were different. I appreciate how patiently you waited for me to be ready. I never accepted. I just changed my name on your phone and let you figure it out. Most shocking of all we waited an entire year before we became intimate with each other. NO guy has ever done that with me EVER!  

I've always wondered why even though it seems to others like we do things backwards its always felt so right. Kinda like how we can commit to joint bank accounts, but cant commit to marriage. Lol not that we don't want to be married, but people don't understand that. I was happy when we made it to a year, then 2 then 3. I remember our struggles trying to get pregnant. Today I understand why things have played out as they have. 

In the past year is when we've grown the most. Not only as parents, but as a couple and as individuals. We've figured out our dreams. We know what we aspire and have a plan as to how we will achieve our goals. We know how we want to live our lives and how badly we want to break lose of society's robotic lifestyle. 

Thank you for sticking with me for the past 7 years. For being there during every high and every low. I love you more than you realize!