I feel extremely blessed to have such a sweet husband. I really value having Mark as my teammate. We work so well together and our home is really fun. We have a great time just being together as a family. Besides enjoying being together it's been really fun to look back over the 9 years or so that we've been together and think about the ways that we have changed. I'm sure that I've made some changes but Mark has made some huge changes over the years and it's been really fun to see God working in his life!
Here are three of my favorite growth areas/changes that I have seen over the course of our relationship (in no particular order)...
1.) Mark has become competitive/athletic. He didn't grow up playing sports or competing so it's been fun to watch him learn to push himself physically. He now runs on a consistent basis and this year he has learned to swim! Woohoo! I'm really thankful that we are able to share some of these hobbies now. :-)
2.) He is not nearly as anxious / nervous as he used to be. He used to have to take medicine because he had panic attacks. He hasn't had a panic attack in years and he's able to calm himself down when he gets anxious. He used to only be able to sit in the back row and on the end of a pew at church. Of course those are still his favorite spots but he can now handle being in the middle if needed. :-)
3.) He reads the Bible every day and works on applying it to his life. He used to attend church on Sundays and serve wherever needed which is awesome but now there is some depth there. This is one area where I have struggled since having kids but he has been so been growing like crazy!
We celebrated our anniversary by playing hooky from church (which hasn't happened in ages). Actually, Mom and Vern were in town for our cousins graduation party and offered to come babysit the girls so that we could go on a brunch date. I have wanted to go to "Canoe", a restaurant in Atlanta for years and I finally made it happen! It was such a treat!!! The picture below was the view from our table...a soft breeze, perfect temperature, next to a beautiful garden and the river! I was telling Mark that fancy restaurants in downtown Atlanta or Buckhead are nice but that the atmosphere at Canoe was exactly what I love!
The food was delicious! And the peace and quiet that Mark and I had together was wonderful. I wanted to sit at our table for hours!!! Every once in awhile I get that feeling of peace and joy in a moment and I think I might just burst at how thankful I am! I often catch myself thinking "WOW! I could have never imagined that I would live a life so spoiled." I don't know how else to describe it. I just feel overwhelmed at all of the goodness in my life that I don't deserve. I felt all those feelings today sitting across the table from Mark and I just did not want to get up. :-)
A silly side note...when we got married 7 years ago I somehow ended up with an extra bridesmaid dress. The dress was 2 sizes smaller than anything I have worn in the last 15 years. After we got married I decided to keep the dress for one day...today was the day. I managed to squeeze myself into my bridesmaids dress 7 years after the fact. I even got a compliment on the dress and Mark said, "Do they know that's it's 7 years old?!" Pink never goes out of style. :-)
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