Grow Old Along With Me

After 14 years of blissful marriage (well, today I feel that way), I have plenty of reasons to be grateful.  I feel like I indeed have achieved grand happiness.

I love my husband.

  

We seem to be opposites in so many ways but on the same page when it truly counts.  Maybe that's why it just works.  He's gentle, passionate, he's a simple, people-pleasing hard-worker and a spiritual giant in my eyes.  He loves the gospel and honors his priesthood.  He loves being a daddy, but he's very human and we're just trying to wade through this life together all the while trying to remember to smell the roses along the way.  

We still look forward to each other coming home at the end of the day...perfect we are NOT, but perfect for each other, yes!  Marriage takes a ton of work especially when you sometimes feel you have to 'fit it in' between six other very needful things.  The key is to try everyday... we communicate really well most times and always either agree to disagree or become 'one' on the important stuff.  He is my best friend.  

I've seen old couples, I mean really old couples all my life and the sweetest old couple I've ever witnessed was President Gordon B. Hinckley and his sweet and spunky wife, Marjorie.  I aspire to grow old with my honey and walk hand in hand as we shuffle down the street and visit our gazillion grandchildren & truly enjoy our posterity.  I want to be that really old sweet couple one day.  Grand happiness...yes, that's what it is.  

Today is our anniversary and yesterday I took Curt on.....no, not a trip to Venice...but something a lot more affordable and close to home...the Coronado Cays and yes, that is a gondola.  Thanks, cute Sarah for the idea....it was shear peace and serenity for an hour--that's all we needed to recharge our batteries and face our busy lives again!

Thank you for 14 years of bliss--the good, the bad, the sweet, the rough, the crazy....so why don't you 'grow old along with me?'  

Happy 14th Anniversary, babe!