24 May 2011

2 Year Anniversary

So today marks the two year mark in Ben's and my marriage.  :-)  For many people this seems like no big deal, you can say that you've been married for 10, 20, 30 or even up to 60 years!  That is something I think is fantastic!  Unfortunately in today's world where divorce is so common, staying married for long becomes more and more a struggle as statistics I am sure would tell you.

Ben and I are not normal however.  We love each other and we choose to love each other every day, even when we do things that irritate the other...  Divorce was never intended to be part of creation and as we share our faith in Christ it will never be an option!  We have shared 2 great years and I look forward to that number just simply going up and up and up!  I still wake up some mornings and think, "How did I get married to such a wonderful man?"

Looking back over the last year of marriage there have been some really good times (though some tough ones mixed in too).  Ben started his new position as the called DCE at Zion and that has been wonderful.  I have been privileged to support him in his ministry there.  One thing that he is working on that I get to be involved with is growing small group ministry at the Church.  We have started 2 groups so far, what happens is that after one gets up and going we invite a new group of people to be involved in the next group!

I ran my first 5K and 10K and now I am training for a marathon.  Now this does require a lot of support and encouragement from the husband.  I just started running just over a year ago and without him encouraging me and dealing with slightly less time with me at times, I would never have gotten as far as I have with running.  It is a bit of a sacrifice on our parts as, especially with the marathon, I am spending hours on the trails running.

We painted our house together at the end of last summer!  The exterior of our house looked pretty terrible, but last August/September we took care of that!  That require us both doing our share of painting.  The porch was mainly my doing (as it has lots of edges and corners it took a long time) and the high up stuff was mainly Ben's doing.  We both have somewhat of a hesitation towards heights, but Ben seems to have a bit less of one!

Ben supported me during my student teaching.  This really did require a lot of support.  I got sick all the time from being around all those kids spreading their germs...  I was also struggling with whether I really wanted to go into teaching or not.  At the end of the time I decided against applying for teaching jobs at this time and for building my own business as a private tutor out of my home.  This means he gets to be supportive of me as I grow my business that includes working a lot of evenings.

Also I get to continually support Ben with his guard stuff.  It hasn't worked out very well this past year to go with him on many drills, but that's ok.  I still get to talk to him as he is driving the last few miles there and generally I stay up for him when he comes home.  I make sure he has clean uniforms as soon as I can after he gets back.  I also get to spend a whole week without him at times while he is on annual training.  Which that is a funny thing, separation from family and friends never used to bother me, but now when he leaves for a while, even just a week, I can't wait to have him home again!  I am thankful he hasn't been deployed since we've been married, but I know we would get through that as well.  :-)

Basically, I love my husband and I can't imagine life without him.  He helps me be a better person and makes sure that I don't get too serious about life!  I love you Ben!

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