The Good Stuff

Today Ran and I are celebrating 7 years of marriage. Kinda hard to believe, huh! The girls have gone to spend the day with Donna and her sister Rhonda(who is in from out of town) so I have been hangin out today--just chillin you might say. Later we will be going to the big H'ville for a SURPRISE(I hate surprises. One thing he refuses to learn about me). But just so it is in black and white. I am going to make a prediction: Dinner at Bridge Street, Movie and home. (I so hope these are the plans) I know you guys don' t care about any of this, but I want the girls to be able to read this some day. So please indulge me... Also, I changed the settings on the blog so that anyone can post a comment. It should be a lot easier now. Feel free to drop us a line.

Earlier I was outside on the porch writing in Ran's card and I started thinking about all that has happened in 7 years. It seems like just yesterday we were fixing up the "little house" and now here we are 7 years later fixing up the "big house"! I am so proud of all that we have accomplished(including the girls), but what I am most proud of is the fact that we have managed to stay together. Through it all-- good and bad(believe me there has been plenty of that) we have both stayed. These days it seems so easy just to give up and quit, start over, find someone else and try again. But everytime the going got tough God was always right there saying, "I never said this would be all sunshine and roses. But I did promise that I would always be here." and he has. Not that he has given us everything we have ever wanted, but he has always blessed our path, even when something we did made it a bumpy one. Isn't that AWESOME! No matter how badly we mess up, he always sees us through the other side.
Forgiveness is such an important part of life and marriage. I constantly remind myself of all the ways I need forgiveness on a daily basis and how freely God bestowes that on me; then I try to apply that to those around me: Ran, the girls, family, friends, co-workers, students. I must say it is easier some days than others. I just try so hard to focus on the good stuff. The happy times. Those special moments that only me, Ran and the girls share.

SO here is my Top 10 Memories for Ran. Happy Anniversary, Honey! Here's to 7 more!

1. The flood we drove through in Geo Metros on our Honeymoon. I was terrified.
2. The night he fell off of the bed. Sorry honey but it was HILARIOUS!
3. Nights in the Little House when he would chase alligators from under our bed.
4. The way he looked the day the girls were born.
5. The first time he used our battery powered drill to put up a towel rack. Took 2 hours and he stripped 3 screws. I am pretty sure they are still in the wall in that house.
6. The way he took care of me during my prenancy. Thanks for all the washcloths and for picking me up off the bathroom floor after I puked my brains out.
7. The day we bought our first house.
8. The day we found out we were having twins
9. The day he graduated from college
10. Nasty diarrhea diapers at 2 am in the dark so we wouldn't wake up Abigail.




P.S. I just wanted to add that we had a great evening. Dinner, a movie and actual conversations!!! Maybe he is actually beginning to get me??