Today I'm sitting here thinking about my third anniversary that is coming up on wednesday. As i sit back and think of the transition that Brandon and I have made from carefree school kids to responsible adults, its a little overwhelming. I know a lot of people that will tell you that there is a honeymoon stage to marriage and relationships, but I think that maybe that is for those couples that have to work to be together. Being with Brandon for me is like breathing because its so natural, its like its where I am supposed to be. Better yet, I would say he is like my sun, because once I looked at him, I was blinded to everything else, and even when his light isn't around, and I can see outside of him, they could never be bright enough to keep me warm, healthy, happy and thats what he does. I think that quite the opposite of a honeymoon effect is what he has one me, because I find more and more things that I love about him all the time, and it just wraps me even tighter around his finger, but I really don't care, because I love being saturated in this feeling of permanent giddiness and immeasurable happiness that being with him brings to me. Reminiscing on the day, well night, he asked me to marry him, is something that I do more than I'd like to admit ;) he took me to Zeaphel Staduim, to the same place I gave him my phone number for the first time, and I was so excited that I didn't even let him finish his little speech that he had planned for me, and thats how I always am with him, just like a little kid, that can't contain my excitement, its ridiculous! On my wedding day, and leading up to that day, I never once felt a feeling of loss at my "single days", never got cold feet... all I could think about was that I had to remember to walk, not run, down the isle to him, and that I had never been happier. A lot has happened since that day, we had our beautiful little Gabrielle, went back to school, felt the strain of an unsteady economy and became an army family, and had our Dru. As I do a little flashback, I can't help but be amazed by this man, who time and time again, has proven his love and dedication to me and this beautiful little family we have been blessed with. There have been a few hard times, but God has been GREAT to us and we have had a thousand good times for every one of those bad times, so they seem like grainy recollections that may just be figments of my imagination. I can't even put into words how much I am blessed to be married to this man. He made me a better person, a happier person, and has helped me to see that faith, hope and love overcome everything. I love his optimism, how he sees at least one good thing in almost everything and everyone. Its overwhelming to me at times to see how loved I am, because to have some one that is willing to do anything and everything to make my life perfect, that's something that I've never been offered by any person outside of my mother, and I can honestly say that its something that used to terrify me, because until him I never knew what it was like to put some one before myself, and thats what he has always done for me, and its what I do for him, and what we do for our girls. Brandon Cureton, for you I gave my heart and turned my back against the world, you're the love of my life, and I love being your wife, and here's to decades more of very very happy anniversaries, I love you, more than I could ever put into words.
