Our Anniversary

6 years ago on this day I married an amazing man.

Everything that has happened with Adam happened fast. We met when we were 17 years old. I was weeks away from graduating high school when we first spoke on the phone. By the time we had reached three weeks together we had already said 'I love you' to one another. That summer we spent an awful lot of time together. He would ride his bike to my house, we'd hang out all day and then he'd ride his bike back home. We were together any and every moment we could and the moments we couldn't be together we were talking or texting on our phones.

After he graduated from high school, he left for Marine Corps boot camp. That was probably the hardest separation that we've ever had to go through. The first one. I cried hysterically on his mom's floor. The pain of watching him walk out that door knowing I wouldn't see him for a few months was almost too much. Eventually I recovered and made it through him being gone for boot camp and his career training. I decided that I was going to go visit him right around Valentine's Day 2005 while he was still at school in North Carolina. We rented a cheap motel room and were able to spend a nice weekend together. While I was there, he surprised me with a ring. I don't think I could say yes fast enough.

Less than 3 months after that we were married. We were 19 years old. It was a tiny, intimate ceremony in the living room of my childhood home. It was a very sweet day! Afterwords we went out to Olive Garden for our 'reception'. The very next day we packed up all our stuff and drove down to South Carolina to start our lives together. I literally went from being a young kid living with my mother who did just about everything for me to being a wife of a Marine. I needed to learn to cook, clean, do laundry and all-in-all be responsible. It was a very rough transition but together Adam and I made it through and learned with each other.

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 Now 6 years later we're stronger than ever. We've been through a lot together but we've never strayed from one another. We balance one another very nice, we understand each other. I keep him from being too wild and crazy, he keeps me from being to immature and letting my temper get the best of me. We know each others flaws but love them as a part of the person we love. We don't really see them as flaws. 

We're raising two beautiful children together and always missing our first. We grieve together often and talk about Quinne a lot. He may be a little more relaxed in his parenting style but I love and respect him for his ways and try to let him do things his way without criticism. He respects my way of parenting and we always back each other up even if we don't agree 100%. 

I think for starting out so young and going down such a bumpy road, that we're doing pretty well, considering. There is no one I'd rather go through it all than him. I dream of growing old with him. Celebrating our 50th anniversary with our kids and grand-kids. There is nothing I would love to see happen more.