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13 years ago…

I spent the last hour looking at photos that were
taken 13 years ago.  They are photos of family and friends who love Matt and me.
 Everyone had a huge smile on his or her face and if it weren’t for the
wedding dress, it would look like the world’s best party.
13 years ago Matt and I were married.  In some
respects it’s been a LONG 13 years and in others it’s flown right by.
 We’ve had a lot of up and downs along our road and somehow we always
manage to come out the other side a little bit stronger.
Over 13 years we lived in 2 different houses, had 8
different cars, have easily taken over 20 vacations, and had 3 children.
With Matt I have learned that I have a constant
companion.  I have someone who is always on my side and who tries to do
the right thing for our family first.  We stumble and fall and in those
stumbles and falls, I have learned that I am capable of much more forgiveness
and grace that I ever thought possible.  And the love?  The love I am
able to feel because of him makes my heart want to burst.
He taught me to believe in myself and trust
myself.  I thought I needed him to complete me but what I needed was for
someone to show me that I was already complete and to accept me the way I
was.  
I sometimes feel like our life together is a really
good book.  You know how when a book is so good you want to turn the pages
and take a peek at how it ends?  That’s how I feel about our life
together.  

I can’t wait to see
where the rest of our life goes.

xoxo
–k

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Kristina Grum is a Certified Parent Educator who has over a decade of experience working with children, including being a classroom teacher. She currently teaches parenting classes in her local area and writes about shifting parenthood from barely surviving to thriving.

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