Truth #8: Love and Marriage

I would be doing a dis-service to this blog that claims to talk about the truth about marriage if I did not write a post that talked about how great marriage is. I know that I have complained about the Bar, the cable, the fire, the wifely responsibilities, and the chores, but that is not all of what marriage is about.

The truth of the matter is that the best thing about marriage is that I get to hang out with my best friend every day. I can be completely myself with him.We can be open and honest about everything. And the best part is that no matter what anxieties, insecurities, and doubts that I have, he is always there to help me through them and he loves me unconditionally for it.

Here recently I have been saying to Braden, “Don’t you get it? I’m crazy about you!”

The reason that I love him so much is because he is his own person. I love Braden because he has his own sense of style, he is artsy, and even though he won’t admit it, he’s a bit of a hipster.

Sometimes I think that he may be a little too cool for me . . . but then his nerdy side comes out.

I love Braden because sometimes he is a little nerdy in his interests, hobbies, and knowledge of weird facts, but I love the depth of his personality, and that is what makes him so unique. I love Braden because he is not ashamed of who he is and what he likes.

He is his own person, and I don’t think that as many people are as comfortable being who they are as he is. I feel like I live for the weekends because I know that Braden will be off work and I can spend two whole days with just him, being him. This is why I dread Mondays . . .

I don’t know why he feels like he needs to go to work : ) but whenever I’m apart from him I don’t feel like I’m complete. I only feel like half a person, and like something is missing within my soul!

I know I am being sappy and ridiculous, but that’s just how much I love him.

I will never regret my decision to be married to him for Time and all Eternity. I just want to take advantage of every moment we have together to acknowledge the power of our love for each other, but he reminds me that we have eternity to do so . . .

 But sometimes I feel like eternity isn’t even enough time for me to fully understand the way that I feel for him : )