Let’s not be that predictable young couple changing, moving on.
-Avett Brothers
21 years ago today, I went to the prom with one guy and left it with who is now my husband. And for 21 years, we’ve gone on adventure after adventure together. We’ve traveled around the world, lived in different cities and states, and ultimately, made our way back to one another, always, and we have made this life together. We changed but we changed together and somehow, we never moved beyond one another.
This life is more than I ever could have imagined as a girl smitten with a senior in high school, and somehow, I knew, even then, that my life would be forever tied to his. That might sound crazy, but the soul knows what the soul needs and mine shouted that he was the one for me.
21 years of adventure and we celebrated tonight by getting a babysitter and going to Target alone. And I swear, I saw other parents doing the same. Target, alone, was our adventure tonight. And as he grabbed my hand to walk into the store, there was something so very wonderful about this everyday moment. There is beauty in the mundane, and mine tonight was the Target adventure with the man I’m lucky enough to hold hands with. Continue Reading