Years ago, a friend invited me to a basketball game, little did I know, that’s when I would meet my best friend. We instantly hit it off and our love and passion for basketball, football, and all the other sports drew us closer together. From sporting events, to hiking and taking adventurous trips, our friendship grew, and one day he asked me out on a date. When he proposed, I had one request of him, “I will say yes, if you promise to take me to Disney every year.” His immediate response was “absolutely.” On May 7, 2005 we got married, and he has kept on that promise every year until we had our two girls. Since then, we’ve gone to Disney every other year. I have turned him into a Disney fanatic…what can I say, my love for Mickey Mouse is overwhelming.
Throughout the years we have adopted some of our childhood traditions growing up, but we have also developed some of our own. One of our favorite traditions is attending sporting events in different cities. We love visiting new stadiums, observing how other teams conduct their events and we join in the fun. We love sports, all sports to be exact. We watch ESPN together, we even text each other throughout the day with any news relating to our favorite players, teams, etc. Although we don’t agree on most of the teams, especially football (he’s a Broncos fan, I’m Patriots and Raiders fan), it sure makes our marriage interesting.
We have so much in common, and we share in each other’s interests on everything else. We have a unique marriage and we truly complete each other in so many ways. He’s calm and laid back, while I’m always on the go and on a mission. One of the best ways to describe our marriage is the concept of the hot air balloon. I’m the balloon and he’s the basket. Without him, I would be flying and bouncing all over the place and without me he would have limited movement. He keeps me grounded and I keep him challenged.
Through it all, he has been my rock, he knows me better than anyone else. He can understand my complicated confusing logic, and even complete my sentences when I can’t. He has been one of my biggest cheerleaders especially since I began this new journey even if that means working two jobs to support our family so I can pursue my calling.
I’d be lying if I said we’ve had a perfect marriage all the way. We have definitely had our ups and downs, but, we’ve celebrated the ups and survived the downs together. We’ve had our share of arguments and challenges, however, we’ve stuck by each other. I believe being such good friends in addition to being married has bailed us out so many times. Somedays, we come home and say “I need a friend right now, not a spouse” and we honor that for each other. We lean on our foundation and our faith to get us through life’s storms.
Who is your rock in this crazy journey we call life? It doesn’t have to be a spouse, or a family member, it could be a friend or a coworker. Life is meant to be shared with others and I pray that you have someone who can pick you up when you’re down and cheer you on when you’re up.
