Thankful Thursday
December 31st, 2009 by Ashley
When I was little a year felt like forever. Now, not so much. That’s how I can tell I’m getting old!
So much has happened in the last year it just makes me tired to think about trying to write about it all.
That’s why I’m just gonna pick one thing…
My husband is twenty-nine years old today.
He’s not overly excited about it. But our girls are thrilled to have a birthday in the house. And I’m noticing that I really like this older guy I’m married to.
I know we’re still relatively young. But I don’t feel like we’re young like we used to be.
Though I didn’t think so then, I know now that we were definitely kids when we got married. There hasn’t been a dull moment as we’ve spent all these years growing up together!
This last year I feel like we’ve grown like never before. We’ve grown together and learned to understand each other in a new way, and learned how to fight in a better way. We’ve learned a lot about real love; the kind you don’t always feel, but the kind that never runs out when you’re remembering to seek the ultimate Source.
I don’t feel like we’re kids anymore. We are both completely different people than those two kids, sitting on the high school room floor at church, waiting for the clock to strike twelve and see if all the dire predictions of Y2K would prove true.
Now here we are…all grown up (kind of). And I’m so excited about it. I can’t even describe the joy in my heart over all the ways God has worked in our lives. I can’t wait to see what He has in store for us in the coming year.
Mostly I’m just so thankful that I get to share my life with him. I told him we’re going to stop viewing birthdays as another year older and start looking at them as another year of life. Another gift. Another year together. Another year of watching our girls grow. Another year with Jesus by our side, making something beautiful out of everything that crosses our path.
I kind of like that his birthday falls on the eve of a new year, and we get to roll all of this reflection together.
I’m so full of hope, to see what God has planned for us. And I’m so excited to watch my birthday boy grow older.
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Such a sweet post Ash! I love your smile, and I love Jonah’s hair now. : ) (What was with the headband? I don’t remember that!)
Comment by Mom — December 31, 2009 @ 9:31 pm