Chris turned 39 a few days ago and he insisted that we not do anything special. I love doing special stuff and offered to make him a cake, special meal, or even to bring something to work, but he wouldn’t let me. I’m not sure if this makes me a good or bad wife, but I had to do SOMETHING, so I still got him a little present and brought home pizza and candles. He played along, but made sure to fake cry when reading the card I wrote for a reminder that I am a birthday nerd and he’s a crazy old man.

shout out to the man who will bring me water in bed because I ask him to, with flavor added, in a bride cup, then goes back to get the straw I didn’t ask for because he knows I like it that way. that is all.

We were going to bed yesterday and I always take a while to fall asleep, because things pass through my head. As I was falling asleep, this verse popped into my head and I feel so lucky to truly understand how this feels. Chris and I have both been through some serious relationship heartbreak and were confident in the fact that we would never be married again. Chris did not want to even be in an official relationship at first, but we found the one that our soul loves. The reason we work well together is because we love each other in the crappy times and take the time to listen, understand and appreciate our differences and similarities. As Chris called it when we first met, we all have a heart bubble and our “heart bubbles match each other”. (his words, not mine. I can’t come up with words as cute as he can”.

I think the reason so many relationships fail is because we love the person or the person says they love us, but the inner most part of yourself, which is pure and imperfect at the same time, is forgotten. I pray that I always am able to see past the person and always see into the soul that I love. That soul will stay the same no matter what happens to the person, whether it be time, financial hardship, stress, grief or anything else that life gives to us. Our heart bubbles really do match and that is a truly special thing to experience.