Marriage/relationships are not what everyone thinks it is. It's not waking up early every morning to make breakfast and eat together. It's not cuddling in bed together until both of you peacefully fall asleep. It's not a clean home and a homemade meal every day. It's someone who steals the covers and elbows you in the face. It's a few harsh words, fights and the silent treatment, it's wondering if you've made the right decision. It is, despite all of those things, the one thing you look forward to every day. It's coming home to the same person everyday that you know loves and cares about you. It's laughing about the one time you accidentally did something stupid. It's about eating the cheapest and easiest meal you can make and sitting down together at 10pm to eat because you both had a crazy day. It's when you have an emotional breakdown and they hold you and tell you everything is going to be okay, and you believe them. It's about still loving someone even though they make you absolutely insane. It's not perfect and it's hard, but it's amazing and comforting and the best thing you'll ever experience." ~ Troy via Just-Korey
And as Ben and I prepare to simultaneously celebrate ten years together and our five-year wedding anniversary in 2018, I wouldn't have it any other way.
We are together 32 years this summer. It does get better with age.