Today marks our twelfth wedding anniversary. Twelve years.
It's amazing how fast it has gone by and not so fast all at the same time. I still remember this bright, sunny spring day in Seattle (sometimes rare in April) like it was just a few years ago. How fun it is to remember the day we started our lives together. The sun was blinding, the flowers in full bloom, the grass so green, our smiles big and wide and our hearts full.
I surely can't count our trials through the years (wouldn't that be depressing) nor could I count all the many blessings we have been given. Because we have freely been given many, many blessings. Innumerable really. Sometimes we lose sight of our blessings and focus on our trials (again, depressing). I'm on a mission to change that and am working on my eternal perspective. And eternally, I am very blessed. Even in my trials, no especially in my trials, I am blessed. Because I would not be who I am without the shaping of hard trials. I do know this, I count Milo as one of my biggest blessings and an answer to some very specific personal prayers. Our sweet kids, all 5 of them, are at the very top of my list as well.
Today, I have a heart full of blessings just like I did 12 years ago.
I count my blessings differently now but they are there and I am grateful.
Happy Anniversary to us!
7 comments:
Indeed. Happy Anniversary to you and Milo.
I loved this post and how you remember what you felt like and how that has given you perspective for the future. You're so right. Especially in our trials we are so blessed.
Here's to eternity!
I hope you and Milo have a happy day.
Happy anniversary. : )
How sweet. You really had a beautiful day.
12 years?!! holy cow. time does go by fast. I'm so glad that you found him and that life is still full of love.
Wow, congratulations!!
Ahhh love--itn't it grand?!
I hope you had a really great anniversary!
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