↪There’s a lot to be said about marriage. Looking back it’s amazing to me that a life-changing event such as this can alter one’s life and help you see things in a different light than before. The way that God set up a marriage was so special and purposeful. And above all else putting him first in marriage is the reason marriage lasts. There’s A LOT of things we’ve learned in the first year of marriage, and ways we have grown. And there is even so much more yet to attain. However, 3 stood out and I wanted to share how they have helped and made this first year memorable.
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Communication
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Expect the unexpected
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Laugh about the silly stuff
⇉Communication. This is something that everyone stresses to you especially before you get married, and it really is so important. Miscommunication can cause frustration, hurt, and pride to come out in its worst form. But learning to communicate works out so many bumps and kinks. It also shows that you and your spouse care about each other.
⇉Expect the unexpected. Ha, while this one causes me to laugh, it’s also rather serious too. After this year, my motto is “anything can happen”. From buying a house(crazy circumstances) to a surprise baby, getting a dog, to going 4 weeks without a water heater, let me tell ya, “EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED”. Marriage has its ups and downs and having extra pressure in planning a “perfect” life sets you up for disappointment. So learning to go with the flow and knowing that God has a reason for every little thing that he allows to happen in your life, makes it a lot more bearable and even fun with the right mindset!
⇉Laugh about the silly stuff. I can’t stress this one enough. When Nathan and I get in a laughing moment, there’s no stopping from there. It is such fun laughing with your spouse. The biggest part of this though is not taking life too seriously. As previously mentioned we’ve had some pretty crazy stuff happen in our first year of marriage. It just happened this last week that our furnace went out, it’s the second biggest appliance that has broken in the last 5+ months of owning our house. Looking back on it and even in the moment, I remember us having a good laugh! We camped out in the living room and had a fire going around the clock when we were home. Was it’s frustrating? Yes, but we made it fun! Finding the silver lining to all these things makes it all less aggravating and allows you to see it as a challenge you can overcome together.
So, in conclusion, its been a crazy year and has gone by so fast, but I am so glad I get to do life with my best friend and soul mate. The best is yet to come. God is so good!
