Partners in Crime

I have talked a lot about my friends lately. Well, in the past my friends have come and gone. Don't get me wrong, I'm obsessed with the friends I have now and I am convinced that we'll be little old ladies together! But, when I look beside me in life, I see the same face, I hear the same voice...usually telling me to get my shit together and move mountains. Somehow hearing that voice makes it possible to do just that. I'm lucky in that the face and the voice beside me belong to my husband.

Patrick makes me stronger. He tells me what I don't want to hear when I need to hear it most. He supports my crazy dreams. He loves me. He makes me more self-assured than I have ever been in my life. He is my partner in crime and my partner in life.

All that sounds really good doesn't it? The best part is that it's all true! Of course I am omitting all the heated arguments over finances, and girls nights out, and boys nights in, and dishes, and laundry, and kids, and the rest of life! All of that is a part of life. Give me a couple that has none of the ugly parts of marriage and I'll give you a couple of liars! Marriage is hard. Marriage is work. Best of all: Marriage is worth it!

I sometimes forget what life was like before Patrick! We have been together for eight years and my favorite part about our relationship is that it's NOT perfect. It's real. It's up and down...but more up than down. It's exciting and dull, but more exciting than dull! Our relationship is a way of life. We chose each other in the beginning and every day we choose each other all over again! Let's keep choosing each other, Patrick...because I'm not sure that anyone else in the WORLD would put up with my brand of crazy! :)