Ten Years Goes By So Fast

Today is 10 years that my husband and I have been together. Now, we have been married only five years, but we met ten years ago today. It's crazy how time flies. Ten years ago I was so lost in myself and I was merely just a naive child. We met at a bar. He was out with his friend and he was very drunk when I met him. I was still under age so I couldn't drink but I was allowed to get into the dance part of the bar so I had went with a few of my friends. I was waiting in line to get in when he was standing at the other door to the bar. Apparently I had captured his attention and so he kept trying to get mine. When I finally looked over to him he waved for me to come over and speak with him. I was shy at first. But he kept waving at me to come over. I told my friend that this guy keeps asking me to go over there, she said go see what he wants. So I did. We introduced ourselves and then since I wasn't allowed inside the actual bar we left. My friends found another way home as they wanted to give me some privacy. So we drove around a bit and ended up at a place where there were natural hot springs. We stuck our feet in and stared at the starry sky and just talked and talked. The more we talked the more I began to like him. I am embarrassed to say, but we did kiss that night. We did a lot of kissing. Looking back I should have made him wait for that, but I really did like him. :) Well, after that we became best friends, and two months after that night I got pregnant. So we moved in together and had our daughter Stacy. We struggled a lot. There were times I kicked him out, and then make up. I wanted to start a different lifestyle while he wanted to stay at our current lifestyle of drinking and drugs. Then I got pregnant again, and our son Kevin was born. So we struggled even more. There were times we couldn't pay the rent or buy food. We fought all the time. So it was time that we made some serious changes or we would end up a part and different from each other. So I started to go to church. Very shortly after he followed. A few months later he proposed to me and we got married and then we got baptized.

We have been through so much in the first four years of our relationship. But we endured and we stayed faithful. Thanks to Jesus we now have a fulfilling life together as husband and wife. We still have our arguments, but nothing like it was before. He takes me out on dates and makes me feel so good about myself as a woman. He is a great dad to the kids now. He is a great example to them. Even though we met the way we did, I don't regret a moment of it. I love him so much. He is still my best friend and no matter what happens now, I will always love him. I know that we will always get through things no matter how tough they may seem. Our love and our relationship is something I cherish, and I know he does too, and because of that we have something so special that it is worth fighting for.

Here is a video I did awhile back. Enjoy.