SEVEN YEARS

I do swear that I'll always be there. I'd give anything and everything and I will always care. Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow, for better, for worse, I will love you with every beat of my heart… -Shania Twain "From this Moment"

Wow. I cannot believe that (as of today) Mark and I have been together for seven years.

I am absolutely not having the dilemma that some couples have had once they get married: Do we start over? Does our time together pre-marriage count when people ask how long we have been together? These have never been hard questions to me. The answer is hail to the yes it counts! I know people who DATED six weeks prior to THE WEDDING DATE. I’m not in any way on their level. They probably start over the ‘counting’ because it doesn’t matter. IT’S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME NUMBER. As for Mark and I, we dated for six years before our big day.

Don’t get me wrong. There were no wedding plans pre-college graduation. Neither of us were into it. We both loved each other and could see ourselves spending the rest of our lives together, we just didn’t want to really MAKE the HUGE DECISION to get married until after college.

But that doesn’t mean we start our counting from August 2. O0o0o0o0 no…. It’s been since April 9, 2002. You better believe we get credit for the last seven crazy years.

I love you, Mark! Thanks so much for being my best friend and committing your life to such a crazy gal like me! Now let’s go out to the club and celebrate!!!! lol