Eight Years

Photo Credit: Sarah Krepp 

"In sickness and in health"...when you say your wedding vows as 23- and 25-year olds, do you understand the belief and commitment of that statement?  Can you comprehend the love and selfless sacrifice it requires to live out your commitment to each other in sickness?  Daniel and I celebrated our eight year wedding anniversary this past Tuesday (August 12, 2014).

It was a good night but very different than what I anticipated for our eighth anniversary.  We had dinner and then watched our wedding video as a family.  As I was watching the video, I felt sad at times - it stung.  I was looking at our younger selves and thought "you two have no idea what is in store for you."  We have been through so much in our eight years and my sickness by far has been the most difficult.

I will never forget when I told Daniel the biopsy came back as cancerous.  The memory of his face as he came around the corner is frozen in my mind.  I knew it would break a little piece of his heart, and I knew our marriage would forever be changed.  As a result of my diagnosis, our marriage has been given a chance to grow into a deeper, more intimate Love.  I can't tell you how this will impact our marriage, but I can tell you that during the last month I have been reminded how serious Daniel took his marriage vows he made to me eight years ago.

I'm very proud to be Daniel's wife.  He loves me with such deep love.  I see it in the way he looks at me.  He looks at me with such a unique and intense Love.  I knew when we got married we would love each other, but I didn't understand the lengths that Love would stretch, and at times, carry us.  Even in our wedding video our Love looks immature - it's cute love.  Our Love now is a soulful, fighting, nothing-is-going-to-take-us-down partnership.  I'm so thankful to have Daniel  holding my hand as we fight this battle together.  I know we will cross the finish line together and stronger.  

Happy Anniversary Daniel, I love you.

Photo Credit: Sarah Krepp (She is wonderful, contact me if you want her info!)