7 incredible years

7 years ago tonight I was sitting next to this sweet, shy, sexy young guy. Eating peach yogurt while he drank his Chocolate shake as "co workers" on a "date". We laughed and talked and got to know each other better. We laughed at a woman who had some hedious glowing earrings, and talked "hypothetically" about children, and chose names if "hypothetically speaking we ever had kids". He took me to his brand new house in the area he had just bought and showed me all the rooms and drove fast down a winding dark back road in his silver showtruck with the blue interior lights shining at my feet. He dropped me off at my car and we talked a bit more, he kissed me on the cheek and I drove home smiling, tingling with butterflies and giggly....


In 7 years we have had 2 kids, lost a child, lost an uncle, lost friends....we have had weddings, and baby showers, we have made lasagna for family who had lost loved ones. We have laughed, we have cried, and we have had some bad fights I was amazed we made it through. We have heard the words "its a boy!" and later "its a girl!", we have said "I do" and danced our first dance. We have held each other through dark days, and lifted each other on darker ones. We have been each other's stone, our best friends, our other half. We have gained friends, lost family, and made our bonds stronger with the ones we have now. We have had first shots, first steps, first smiles. We have had daycare interviews, pre-k orientation, and kindergarten graduations. We have had nights where we just held each other all night long, and nights spent whispering exhausted over the phone from Chicago but not wanting to be the first to say goodnight. We have had heartache, and pain, we have joy and elation. We have grown from a couple of stupid young kids, to mom and dad of two incredible kids. We have been boyfriends and girlfriend, fiances, and husband and wife. We have always been best friends.
Its been an amazing 7 years, it seems like its only been a minute, and at the same time seems like decades. We have grown so much, experienced what true love is, and learned to laugh when it seems like you cant. 7 years has flown by and dragged, and has shaped us so much. We have seen jobs, cars, and pets come and go...we have seen storms that had us running for cover, and the biggest rainbows ever. We have seen ice storms, and snow storms, we have seen hurricanes and tornados. We have had christmases, and Thanksgiving turkey, we have watched the peach drop in Atlanta. We have wandered aimlessly on new years day, and gotten lost on halloween. We have watched our kids squeal in delight at christmas lights, and crack up picking massive pumpkins at Burt's farm. We have had boiled peanuts on long trips throught the mountains, and fresh seafood on the coast of the Atlantic. We have never been stronger.
7 years ago tonight I knew I was sitting next to the man I would marry and grow old with, tonight we sat at that same ice cream stand and watched our 6 year old son buy his girlfriend an ice cream sundae. (his was a chocolate chip cookie dough single scoop in a waffle bowl with hot fudge, whipped cream, sprinkles, and a cherry....hers was the same, but coffee chocolate chip yogurt....Christopher paid with cash, and gave his baby sister his cherry) Tonight I sat with this sweet, shy, sexy, slightly older amazing man...the man I am lucky enough to call my husband. I had peach yogurt, he had a chocolate shake...our baby girl had a dinosaur cookie and ice cream with spinkles and whipped cream. We talked about the last 7 years, and the next 7 to come....our baby boy will enter his teens, our baby girl will enter her double digits, we will sell the house, we will see sea world, disney, and many other fmaily vacations. We will insulate laci's room with sound deadener, and buy her a phone plan with unlimited minutes, and we will laugh, and cry...a lot. We will have some death's, some bad ones...some that will rock our worlds to the core...we may have a wedding, and who knows, maybe a baby! We will see countless dogs, and maybe a car or two. We will grow more, change more, and become so much closer again....but one thing wont change, and thats how much I love my husband and my kids. Tonght we celebrate 7 years....I hope God sees fit to give me another 7.
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