When I realised this, I also noticed how quickly the last 11 months have gone by - how fast they have come and gone and yet at the same time, how much has happened during the past 11 months.
As I look back over the past 11 months, I realise how thankful, lucky, privileged, honoured and blessed I am - both for being able to marry and spend these past 11 months with the love of my life and also because of the people God has placed in my life before I was married and also during this time.
Before December 3rd last year (and even on that day) I had people say to me the first year of marriage is often the hardest and most tiring - establishing routines, combining lives together, getting used to living with another person, planning your future, acknowledging the role and support of another person being constantly in your life and so much more. During this year I have had people say to focus on your marriage because the first year is the year most couples throw it in and give up on the commitment they made to each other.
Looking back at my life at that point in time, I realise I was so naive, innocent and in some ways did not even realise what I was getting myself into - I thought marriage would be exactly as it is in fairy tales I thought from the wedding day onwards, I would be a princess and my life would be perfect. Clearly I had watched too many fairy tales and not enough reality tv shows or drama movies with newlyweds :)
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There are times over the past 11 months when life certainly has been a fairytale, there are other times when life has been a challenge and sometimes I have wondered if getting married so young was such a wise choice. There have been times I look back and know I made exactly the right choice for that moment in time in my life and there have been other times I have wondered if things would ever get any easier.
The last 11 months have been a roller-coaster of a journey and have caused both Nat and I to not be on the same page at certain moments on our journey together. Through it all, we have stuck by each other, been strong and have on most occasions presented a united front to what has come our way.
I am pleased to say we will definitely make it to our first year anniversary and we will not be another statistic of those young couples who get married early on and do not progress far in their marriage.
Marriage is great, marriage is challenging, marriage is hard, marriage is exciting, marriage is scary, marriage is a job, marriage is a lifestyle - marriage is what you make of it!
Stay strong in your marriage and be true to yourselves.
Happy 11 monthiversary Nat and I look forward to many more months and years ahead together.
Love you always and forever,
xoxoxox
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