Happy Anniversary to Us! // Monika + Barry
Today is our 14th marriage anniversary! I grew up in a divorced household with my mom only. I didn’t know how the normal family worked, so I didn’t have much hope for my own. I didn’t believe in marriage. I honestly thought that when I got married, it would last for 3-5 years and I would get divorced. Yes, that’s how skeptical I was about marriage and family.
I remember the moment when I was sitting outside on the grass and I told Barry that I was worried about getting married, and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to marry him. He wasn’t upset. He looked at me and said in a calm voice that it’s going to be OK. He said that nothing in our relationship would change. Boy was he wrong!
So many things have changed in the last 17 years of our relationship, but for the better. Through the years we both learned how a “normal” family works. Also, I learned to determine what is most important to me and other “irrelevant” things I had to let go. I learned to choose my battles wisely.
Barry and I are VERY different people. When we met for the first time I didn’t speak any English. If I could speak English I probably wouldn’t have dated him .. and he probably wouldn’t go out with me either.
After so many years together we learned so much from each other. What keeps our relationship and our family together? A LOT OF laughter and the fact that we share the same values in life. You know, the important ones.
If you know me you know that I don’t like to celebrate anniversaries. I don’t know why. It’s maybe because it makes me emotional and sad that the time goes so fast. So today, I want to celebrate our beautiful relationship full of hugs, disagreements, laughter and love! Sweetie, I LOVE YOU!
