Vows

So as May starts it always makes me think of my wedding. This year is our 3rd wedding anniversary and it feels like yesterday Shane kissed me for the first time in 8th grade. Hard to imagine so much time has gone by and now I am married to that little boy, although that little boy is now a man, we have two perfect little boys and are celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary.

It got me thinking about our wedding vows. When I said them I never really thought about the words. I knew the commitment we were making but to me the ceremony wasn't what made my commitment to Shane. I got to thinking today about the things we have been through since we got married.

We found out the day after our wedding we were pregnant, we moved to California a week after our wedding, 6 weeks later we found out we lost the baby, 3 weeks after that we found out Shane's mom's cancer was back, 6 weeks after that we found out we were pregnant with Tristen, 2 weeks after that we lost Shane's mom, 9 months later we had Tristen, 6 months later we were pregnant with Connor, 10 months later he was born, 7 months later we buy a house in Nebraska and find out we are pregnant again, 3 weeks later we lose the baby. Its been a crazy 3 years and I am so blessed to have my best friend through all of those ups and downs.

Our vows went like this " I, Shane take you Sarah, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part". Those simple words mean so much to me now. With all the things we have gone through in not only the 3 years of marriage but also the 15 years we have known each other. I am so grateful to have him in my life and as my partner.