Marriage: for us

Marriage for us is something you have to work at everyday for the rest of your life. You struggle to hold it together. You can hate each other but love each other all at the same time. You will fight and yell and say a lot of things that you really don't mean. Marriage isn't this picture perfect white picket fence senerio that you imagined as a little kid. A lot of people may not even understand why you stay married... but to us, this is our life. People may not get it, they may shake their heads, but they can't know and will never know the love that we share between us. They can't know the passion that burns so bright. Some days we may hate each other and want to call it quits. But we both know that isn't an option. He is the yin to my yang. We are each others other half and without one another, our souls would die. We may have to work at it but that is what makes us great.

Sure, there is so much more we "could have" done with our lives. I could have graduated high school and went on to a University somewhere out of state while he could have joined the Marines like he had initially planned. But we found each other, and we had children. To me, that is greater than any plan we could have ever made for ourselves. Going to sleep each night in each others arms. Now THAT is my Heaven. There is no greater joy then waking up each morning to see the father of my children laying next to me. There is no greater joy than looking at my children's smiles and knowing that if "WE" had never been, then "they" would have never been either. Because of fate, or destiny, or just God's plan, we came together and we made a family. To me, that's not just something you choose.

We know it was God's plan for us to be together and we know that it is God's plan for us to remain together and one. We have been through some rocky situations. Some worse than any one will ever experience in their lives. But we have managed to remain a unit. And we didn't do it on our own. We did it with the help of God himself. That's how I KNOW this is all meant to be. Because if our marriage was destined for failure it would have failed a LONG time ago.

I love my husband so very much! And although we have been through such rough hardships, we vowed for richer or poorer, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, till death do us part. And we intend on keeping our word. Till Death Do Us Part. To me that is VERY black and white.I cannot put circumstance on our marriage or our vows. Because our vows represent UNCONDITIONAL love. That is why our marriage will last forever. It will be till death do us part. Because no matter what obstacle we face, our love for each other is unconditional and will remain so forever and always. I love you Tyler Dawson <3