I Love My Husband!

This blog is meant to be a space where I simply write about my thoughts, whatever they may be week to week.

A thought that is always running through my mind is this: I love my husband.  Brian Vander Naald really is the best thing that ever happened to me, as Ray LaMontagne so eloquently sings.  I look at him and I feel so blessed by God.  He is a man that I completely respect and admire in his character, his faith in God, his sense of humor, his deep friendships, his laughter, his love for me, his thoughts on life & his response to life, the way he makes me a better person and challenges me to grow in ways that I might otherwise avoid, how he gets along with my family and friends (everyone loves him!), and the list goes on and on.  

He is my partner and my best friend, and I sometimes feel so overwhelmed with love for him that I can’t help but say it, write about it, and live it out.

People sometimes ask me, “So, how’s married life?”  Aware of their perception of me as a “newlywed” and potentially naive about the hardships of marriage, I look at them straight in the eye and say: “Awesome.”  

We are not blind to the struggles and trials that will come our way.  We argue, we don’t always get along, we snap at each other, and we’ve had nights of sleeping separately.  Like I said, we know our relationship will always take a lot of hard work.  We are not perfect and neither is our love, but we are loved by a perfect God.  Our marriage is a gift from that God, to which I gladly say “I do” each and every day.