One Down

A year ago today I was sitting in Aruba enjoying my honeymoon. Actually, a year ago today I wasn't enjoying my honeymoon because Sean went missing. You can read about that here. It really seems like the longest year of my life. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I've heard people say that the first year of marriage is the hardest. I've also heard the first year of marriage is the easiest. I don't have any other years of marriage to compare my first year to but let me tell you it was pretty darn hard. We went through a lot of ups and downs: From moving to a rent house infested with fleas (and then having to move out a month later), to living with his parents for six months, to finally getting our own home.
Sean moved home from Houston to Arkansas right before we got married. In Houston, he had a great job and made great money. He moved because I hated it there. We had trouble finding him a job back home. We finally found one a few months into our marriage and now at one year of marriage we're job hunting again.
We've raised and trained one dog and are working on another. We've made a beautiful home together. We've been to one million and three rodeos and spent countless hours in the practice pen. We've been apart a lot of the times due to S having to travel with his job. We've fought like crazy and we've had some of the best times of my life. The first half of our year was rough. When two stubborn, selfish, hardheaded people try to live together it doesn't work very well. We've learned a lot about our selves and a lot about each other. We've both learned what the word compromise truly means. We've both learned what it means to love someone. I don't know what tomorrow brings for Sean and me. But I know God has an amazing plan for us. I can look back at the past year and see that some of those things that I thought were so horrible at the time worked out pretty great. I can also look back at my life before Sean and see how God prepared me for marriage to Sean. It excites me to actually see Gods work in progress.
I'm very thankful to have married my best friend.. He teaches me a lot and I'd like to think I teach him a lot. One thing I've learned from Sean is to take life day by day. God can end our lives at any moment.

So, a big pat on my back to me and Sean to making it one year! I don't know what tomorrow brings, I'm just gonna get through today!

One down, many more to go!