My Love

I blog a bunch about me and Connor and Colby...but there is another family member who I rarely blog about. He is actually the most important Marshall because without him I wouldn't be where I am and Connor and Colby wouldn't be here!

Chris and I have known each other for 26 years! We began dating 24 years ago and have been married for 19. I have been a Marshall for as many years as I was a Blakley!

When I was 13, my family and I joined a new church. The first Sunday we visited, I went home and told my parents that I saw the guy I was going to marry...

I can still remember him walking in in his white dress pants and pink shirt! His hair was blond and his eyes were blue...

My heart went pitter-patter!

After an on-again off-again dating relationship, we got engaged in November 1990. We were married in July 1991 -- I was 19 and he was 21.

You hear it said that a love for someone grows more every day. I can vouch for that! It amazes me how much I love my husband -- and everyday I find new reasons to love him more. There really are days when I feel like I could burst because I just am so thankful that he is in my life.

He is an amazing provider; a hard-worker; and a handyman. He loves his boys and somehow knows how to manage the fine line of being their friend and being their father. He loves a challenge. He wants to fix anything and everything -- from a broken part to a broken heart. He is so smart, giving, and generous.

I love that we still hold hands in public and can make our 14-year-old roll his eyes and our 9-year-old say "Ewww!" when we kiss and hug! I love how silly he is when it is just the two of us. I love that he knows me like no other and still likes being with me!

I would do anything for him or go anywhere with him (wait...I HAVE moved 9 times in our married life! :) ) I have friends who are worried about when their husbands retire and what they will do when they are around each other all day...I cannot wait for Chris to retire!

Life has not been a rose garden for us. We have made some difficult decisions; we have weathered some rough storms. But, love got us through them. The two of us together. There is nothing better than having someone in your life like that!

I love that he is my best friend. The one I want to grow old with. The one God made for me.

...He still makes my heart go pitter-patter!!