The last few nights I have gone to bed with lots and lots of different thoughts and memories. I think of my four sweet children, I think of where we live, of the places in which we have lived, I think of memories that have gotten us to this point, and I think of myself. I think of a young girl at 20 who married a man she was so in love with. Now I'm 31 and I have such a different life now, I have such different priorities, things that I once thought were important then are so not even entering my thoughts, things that once concerned me, don't exist.
You see tomorrow is October 10th. To some that's not a big deal, but tomorrow happens to be my 11th wedding Anniversary with Aaron. Now you understand my reflection. I have thought alot about the past the present and the future. I have thought how different our lives were to now. We are so different, sometimes when I think of those people I don't even recognize them in my own thoughts, they appear almost as strangers. Its almost shocking to me. To others they probably look back and think oh the only difference is we have kids, or more money because you are done with school, etc. Aaron and I did things differently. When Aaron and I married we weren't active in the church, we were hit and miss. When we officially got married it was more miss then hit. A few years into our marriage what little we did have the spirit in our home, it had completely left by that point. It was a very lonely and hollow beginning.
Like I said we were different. Its amazing how events in your life, can save your life. I got pregnant with Avery and she saved us from that hollow life, to a loving, spiritual family home. When you have children and a family EVERYTHING changes, hopefully for the better. In our case it just happened ready or not. We embraced it and everything fell into place. We got active, we had Avery and were sealed as a family and everything fell into place. Not to say we don't have to work everyday to keep things together, because we do, some days more than others, but Ive said this a thousand times, the life I have now is much easier than the life we had before, we actually had to work harder at that, to cover things up, and Satan just worked harder on us. We now have the bond of an eternal marriage, sacred covenants, children, a foundation, and the passion and desire to make it a priority to never allow that old world to enter the one we have now. For that I'm truly grateful. I'm happy that I have a partner in this life that makes me better. I'm glad that I have someone to share my life, love, and children with. I'm grateful to my Heavenly Father for the love and respect that after 11 yrs we still have for each other. I want my husband to know my great love for him and for his desire to be better and make our family better. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!