A Celebration of Marriage: Faith

Nini, I know you are having a fabulous time vacationing, thanks for letting me be your guest!  

Hi fabulous friends of Nini! My name is Faith and I blog over at Life. Love& Marriage.  
I blog about pretty much anything but one of my most favorite things to blog about is my husband and our marriage.  
We have been married for 2 years, one month and 2 days.  I would give you the minutes but I don’t want you to think I am insane.

It has been an amazing two years being married to my best friend.  
We have learned a lot about each other.  Sometimes I am surprised when I learn something new about him.  
I didn’t think there was anything new to learn but there is and those new things keep our marriage fun, new and exciting.

While being married for two years:

*I have learned that I am not as patient as I thought I was and Sean is extremely patient.

*Being called Faithy-poo is not gross but very endearing.

*I have learned that I am not as messy as I thought I was and now hubs doesn’t mind if the dishes pile up {boo to that!}

*I have learned that it is better to not talk when you’re angry, you’ll regret everything you said the next day.

*I have learned that I really believe in everything being equal.  If we buy a pizza pie we each should have 4 slices.  My thighs do not like this equality.

*I have learned that coupon clipping is a fun thing to do on a Friday night.

*I have learned that although it is hard to not go to bed angry when you’re mad at your spouse, you have to suck it up.  Either say I’m sorry {even if you are not wrong}, give a kiss {even when you would rather punch their throat}, say I love you {even though you would rather say, I can’t stand you right now}.  Do something.  Tomorrow is not promised. 

*I have learned that watching your weight is not as fun as pigging out on ice cream with your hubby. 

* I have learned that hubby likes shopping for clothes just as much as I do.

* I have learned that we always have each other’s backs, no matter what.

I am really blessed to say that we have not gone through struggles while married.  I know that this may change at any time as nothing is guaranteed but I can say that we truly have been blessed in this department.  We have seen nothing but joy since we have been married. 

We have been able to travel twice a year since we have been married.  We purchased our first starter home.  It is so cute and small.  We have been able to enjoy each other without any stress and I thank God because I know that it is only through him that I am able to say that.  Life has been good. God has been terribly good to us and we pray that the blessings never stop flowing. 

Nini asked: What you're most looking forward to or plans for the future?

I will say that I am most looking forward to is having kiddos.  We were suppose to start trying after two years of marriage and well, let’s just say that I wasn’t ready.  I don’t think you could ever be ready but I just knew that I had to have more time with hubby on my own.  I guess you can call me selfish in this regard but it is true.  I love having hubby to myself and vice versa so the baby making was put on hold.  But I am looking forward to the day that we are both ready and when we have little Sean’s running around.  That makes my heart happy and I can’t wait for that.

Nini asks: What has been your hardest trial and greatest triumph?

The greatest triumph so far has been Sean getting his master degree and getting promoted to an Operations Manager.  He worked so hard for that after a few setbacks and I am just so proud of him.  Although it really has been his greatest triumph it became mine as well.

My advice to newlyweds is that marriage is not playing house.  It is a joining of two lives into one.  Make big decisions together.  Be honest.  Communicate daily.  Hug/kiss/cuddle and say I love you daily.  Have date nights.  Laugh together.  Travel.  Hang out with people besides just your spouse.  Listen when your spouse speaks.  It’s OK to have arguments.  But play fair and do not name call. Always remember why you married your spouse.  Choose to love your spouse daily, choose to be happily married, choose to be sexually attracted to your spouse, choose to fight for your relationship.  There is nothing more important than taking your vows seriously and living it daily.  If you can do that everything else just comes together.

**I've had the pleasure of meeting these two in person and their every bit as happy and in-love as they sound. Stop by Faith's blog and support her and follow along as she grows more and more in love with Sean**