8 years and counting

Today is mine and Josh's 8 year wedding anniversary. I can't believe we've been married 8 years already. I have to say that time really does fly. And something about being married 8 years makes me feel old. And when I think about where we are in life right now and reflect on where we were when we got married, I realize how young and immature we really were. Josh and I got married when were 19 and 20. We were pretty young. I almost can't believe our parents let us get married when we did. We had so much growing up to do. At the same time, sometimes I think that is part of what has made our marriage successful thus far. We kind of grew up together. Josh and I never really had the opportunity to develop our own independant way of doing things. We sort of developed our style together and avoided a lot of the conflict sometimes associated with merging two different lives. We've certainly had our adjustments and some rough patches. However, I find that the longer we are married, the more I enjoy learning all the intricacies that make up Josh and the easier the compromises are. I respect him more and more every day and admire the man he is becoming. I genuinely enjoy his friendship and find myself falling more in love with him every day. He is a wonderful, loving husband and I cherish our time together. (God knows we don't get much of it!) lol ... And since we got married so young, we actually have a shot at hitting 50 years together and maybe even 75 if we take really good care of ourselves! =) Here's hoping... Love you Josh!