A thank you to my better half
Our love story started 7 years ago, and only 6 weeks after meeting, you got down on one knee. That night you promised to love me and cherish me everyday for the rest of your life. A promise I’ve seen many men unable to keep. But you, you have continually kept that promise to me. You are truly my better half. When we first met, you only knew parts of me. Most of the better parts, and others that weren’t great but you chose to accept me anyways.
The time we have been together since, there have been many parts of me that have risen to the surface and you have chosen to love me through it all. You have seen my very strange and particular ways of doing ordinary things. The way I reload the dishes after you have done them because I needed them all in what I thought was the correct place. My paranoia to have meat or eggs cooked throughly to avoid food poisoning. Even the way that each place we’ve lived, I’ve needed to sleep on the side of the bed furthest from the door, because in my mind that was the safest.
You have put up with both my rational and irrational fears. Typically irrational. You have held me after waking up screaming from nightmares, held me during panic attacks and prayed over me countless times. You have seen me at my darkest moments. Moments where depression really took ahold of my head and my heart. I have cried more times than most people cry in a lifetime. Sometimes over eggs spilled on the ground or on my inability to pick an outfit. You have seen what many others haven’t with this mental disease. But no matter how dark things get for me, you have loved me faithfully.
Not only have you dealt with it all, you have continually pushed me to be a better me. You have pushed me to become a better mom. Always encouraging me to be kind, patient and gentle with our girls. You consistently give me space to read my Bible and as a result God has been healing my heart and my soul. What greater gift could I have been given? None! There is truly no greater gift than a real man who loves Jesus fearlessly and pushes you to do the same!
Thank you my love for staying faithful to those words years ago to love and cherish me everyday. Thank you for supporting me in my highs and lows. Thank you for loving me just as Christ loves the church! I am forever thankful that God gave me YOU as my better half!
