I know it’s been a while since I wrote last- to be fair, I came down with a cold and am just now getting well enough to even be in jeans!
A few weeks ago, my best friend got engaged and in just under a month, my husband and I will be celebrating our first wedding anniversary. It’s got me thinking about weddings and love like all the time!
We all have known each other since we were fourteen, and sometimes it’s so crazy that we’ve known each other that long! Kyler and I started dating when were fifteen, and I understand that people think it’s crazy that we got married when we were nineteen, (but for the most part I don’t even know how old I really am). And on the other hand, when you know you know. Why waste anymore time to steal his last name!?
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| Oct 2010- Our first school dance. |
Kyler and I have had a pretty rough year after we stepped off the plane from our honeymoon: the neurologist determined the cause of my horrible, debilitating migraines, Ky tore a muscle in his shoulder and has been recovering all summer, and there have been numerous bumps in the road rippling from those two major events…. But we’ve stuck it out pretty well. I’ve never understood why in movies or in real life that couples fight and blame one another when money gets really tight...money has gotten really tight, and we just ended up clinging to each other emotionally a little more….(I guess, let’s be honest, he was the one keeping me calm).
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| 2011 |
Still, after all the things we’ve been through this year, I have this passionate desire to thank him, and no matter how many time I say thank you I don’t think I get the point across. I know that he knows that I thank him, and he knows that I know when he thanks me… but still, I have this urge to just spread it across the world wide web! So here are just a few things I’d like to share and thank my husband for, and in a way that doesn’t seem mushy…..
Thanks….
….for taking care of me...In all ways. I have been very sick this year and through it all, you’ve been very patient with my mood swings (from the medication) and the teensy tantrums I have thrown (also from the prescriptions)...But also when I have the cold, you take care of me.
….for cheering me up. You are always my best friend and really go the distance when it comes to cheering me up when I am frustrated or feeling down.
….for keeping me calm and relaxed. I am not the best at being laid back, but since we’ve been together, I have been getting better. And that’s because of you.
Thank you for working so hard. Since my diagnosis, I haven’t been able to go back to work. We’ve been a little tight on money, but you’ve been working hard and I cannot express it enough how much I appreciate it.
Thanks for being silly and being silly with me.
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| 2015 |
The best thing about being in love is that you have not only found your soulmate, and your lover, but you have found your playmate, your partner. You have found someone who can cherish the inner child in you more than some of your best friends can. You grow together, and I have grown with you, Kyler.
This person is someone you commit to and work with for the rest of your life. They are your diary basically too. And you are theirs. Marriage is about taking care of the One we love and finding ways to make the best of them shine, and showing them the ways they do shine. It’s about lifting them up, and supporting them in all their crazy decisions… We make food for each other. We cheer each other up and support them in what they want to do. I can’t imagine having gone through life any longer without knowing him….
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| 2012 |
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| 1-2-2015 |
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| 1-2-2015 |
It’s about making fools of ourselves for just one simple smile and one simple, incredible kiss.
Love you Kyler!
~Katherine M. Johnson
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