Today is Al and my 10th year wedding anniversary! It's been a decade of many emotions and experiences, none of which I would trade for anything. Our marriage started out with both of us very immature but definitely knowing no matter what we loved eachother. It was a bumpy road over the next few years, but wise choices and tough decisions were made and we stuck it out. Just when we thought we were cruising down easy street for a while, a major accident left us again with choices and decisions...this time was when we lost our beloved baby Gaby at 18 weeks. The saying, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" defintely rang true and although we were not glad that this happened to us, it definitely made us a stronger couple and family. Tyler was a surprising strength through the experience, as he was with me when we found out the baby had died. This then-6-year-old acted with the courage of a firefighter, calmly getting mommy through a waiting room of pregnant women and to the car, and then getting daddy on the phone. For the next few days he demonstrated his strength by telling me, "don't worry mommy, you don't have to tell anyone...I will handle it!" This strength and determination has continued to impress and amaze both his dad and me. We're convinced that he's an 80-year-old man in an almost-9-year-old body.
After dealing with our pain as a family we decided to seek the aid of science to help us achieve not only our dream of another child, but Tyler's deep desire for a sibling. Talk about testing your marriage...try having your husband poke you in the derriere with a HUGE painful needle every night for months on end! And then still love him!
I am still very much in love with my husband after a decade, even more than this day 10 years ago when two innocents vowed before God and our families to love eachother in thick and thin, in sickness and in health...
So....Happy Anniversary to my dear, beloved hubby!
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