4 or more years.

It is 6 minutes until my forth anniversary.  He has been in my life in one way or another for the past 10 years.  We have seen many things.  Distance, silence, happiness, tears, nostalgia, live music, good food, and personal growth.  This past year has been as hard as it has been amazing.  We became new parents but then almost immediately we had to spend a week in the hospital, away from our son.  These things happening at the beginning of the year was almost a fore warning of how things would be for the rest of the year.  There were constant ups and downs, but I am grateful.  It is almost as though we have reached the summit now, and we can finally rest and move on from all of our struggles with a new clarity.  Everything that happened, needed to happen and now I know we can take on the next phase of our lives together with confidence and certainty.  If I can make it through the cold season unscathed, that would be awesome.

Tonight we did everything we could possibly fit in in the time we had.  Live music, we ate twice and had a serious discussion over tea, where we only briefly mentioned how we were missing our little guy.  It was nice to be two adults just enjoying each others company again.  I can't wait to do it again next year.  :-)

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