Happy 9th Anniversary!!
This past year has been an exhausting one. I won't deny the hardships and struggles we've gone through. I won't pretend that it's been easy. And I won't lie about feeling at times like throwing in the towel.
It's difficult to get out of bed some mornings. Sometimes there is nothing that we want more but to press pause on our lives. Like in this photo:
Behind our smiles is often a mental, emotional, and physical fatigue that only a parent of 3 opinionated and energetic boys can maybe understand. It's a forced endeavour to get a photo like this; no longer an emotional moment that is raw and spontaneous.
Perhaps, though, we have somehow managed to maintain some of our youthful tendencies. Going to Okinawa with our family for 6 days is often reserved for the wealthy. Vacationing for 9 days to Bali while we leave the care of our 3 kids to our grandparents in the same year is unheard of.
I know that we're doing something right.
So, on this special day I want to say thank you for being my partner and companion. I am honored to be by your side these many years, and I hope that we can continue to keep this great thing going. I will do my best to be the man that you need. And I will do everything in my power to accept what cannot be changed, and to have the wisdom to know the difference.
I love you.
No comments:
Post a Comment