Nine years ago yesterday Kegan asked me to be his
girlfriend; seven years ago yesterday he asked me to marry him. These were the
two best questions I have ever been asked, the two easiest yeses I have ever
uttered, and the two moments of my life for which I am most grateful.
As I think is true with the best love stories, when I met
Kegan, I met my ultimate best friend. He knows me more completely than I know
myself. He makes me laugh harder than anyone. He has seen me at my worst and
loves me in spite of it; he brings out the best of me and makes it better.
The words to fully express how thankful I am to be his wife,
to have him as a husband, do not exist. There is too much to appreciate, too
many moments to acknowledge, too much depth to my love for him. It is the
reason I have saved this reflection for as long as I have…I have hoped that the
words would materialize, but it is becoming more and more evident that there
aren’t any, as is true with the best of things, always.
But in this present moment- the first day of the last year
of our first decade together- I am feeling particularly thankful for this when
it comes to my amazing husband: that he kisses me on the forehead when he
leaves so early that I have yet to wake up, as he did this morning; that the
cat napping on my legs right now is here because he was willing to suffer
through his allergies to give them a home and make my childhood Christmas wish
a reality; that his laugh is my favorite sound; that he thinks I am beautiful
when I wear sweatpants; that he knows, without me needing to say it or write
it, how happy he’s made me each and every day since that blessed day we were in
the right place, at the right time, and met each other.
Just this past weekend I asked Kegan to truly appreciate
just how minute our chances were of meeting each other, to appreciate the
alignment of events that allowed us to cross paths. Without skipping a beat he
told me that was unimaginable. When I asked him what he meant by that he
replied, “Because I would have found you.”
And it’s for that—that he did find me, and that I found him—that
I am most thankful.
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