My Rock

Yesterday John and I celebrated four years together with the anniversary of our first date and the point from which we decided to be together exclusively. It was the day after Valentine's Day so there was no added romantic pressure, it just felt right. We laid awake last night trying to pinpoint the reason why we decided to move in together after just four short months of dating, or how it was so natural for our families to accept the other as well, family. Things that normally take time for others just came quickly to us. I spent the better part of the several years of single life before my husband came along looking for that ease with others that, now looking back, I'm eternally grateful just wasn't there. 

Without sounding too corny, I'm just thankful today for how life worked out. It's not always easy to be married or to live so far away from my family and friends, but I am beginning to see more how that confidence in my partner can extend into a more defined confidence in myself.