In the beginning it’s all fairy tales. You do things like trying extra hard to impress that person or pretending to like things they like or going the extra mile just to catch their attention. Eventually all of that dies and that’s OKAY!

In the beginning I used to tell Cameron I loved Labs, I would cook for him, clean for him and fold his laundry. Well let’s just say, things change! I do absolutely love his lab (she’s like one of our kids) and I feel like she’s mine now too. I did hold my end of the bargain by cooking for him! He’d be living off microwave meals and uncrustables if it wasn’t for me at least cooking him dinner. BUT when it comes to cleaning and laundry, I do lean on him A LOT and he is more OCD than I am so he definitely takes the cake when it comes to making sure the house is beyond SPOTLESS and the clothes are never dirty. Sadly I fail in that category of “house wife” lol! BUT he still loves me. We used to talk ALL day everyday for what felt like forever. Now we might not even text or call each other in a day at all and that’s okay. We don’t not talk because we don’t want to. It’s because we have the confidence in each other that at the end of the day I’m still here and so is he. On days that we are apart of course he’s the last person I talk to before I fall asleep. But we don’t have to constantly talk or be together to know how each other feels about the other. I remember how I used to tell him it was so cool he was a marine. Little did I know there was so much more to him being a marine and I’m beyond proud of the service he gave this country and will stand by him everyday. He also tried to win me over when we first started talking by telling me he was going to go to school to be a pilot. While he did consider that, I still have no pilot. BUT what I do have is a husband that loves and adores me. One that supports me 110%. One that doesn’t care what I look like because let’s be honest…I used to try HARD to “look good” for him. Now he just gets me however I end up for the day lol. Lucky him, right? Actually, I’m the lucky one because truthfully, he doesn’t care how I look. He loves me for me.

We hardly ever go on “dates” anymore because we just don’t have time, but for me the dates I want the most involve our king size bed, a movie from one of our many subscriptions, an uncrustable, some gummies and a drink. Those are the ones I cherish more than anything. In the beginning it was all the flashy go here, go there, do this, do that. Now I honestly want to just be home with my guy. Don’t get me wrong, every now and then we get out of the house together for something. We can have the best time, but I guarantee it’s not better feeling then when we are home together. Enjoying the simple things in life. Life is much simpler when you aren’t on the go so much, when you aren’t trying to impress one another, when you aren’t worried about what people say or think and when you just worry about the two of you.

So don’t worry about all the flashy stuff! Focus on each other. Lean on each other, grow with each other, respect each other and don’t get caught up in the “things”. As long as you have each other that’s what is most important.