1 year.
by Ashley Weeks Cart
1 year.
What an utterly life-altering and earth shattering year it’s been.
We were told we couldn’t conceive. But despite the odds, here we are.
Last year at this time, my heart was bursting with love. I could not have imagined being filled with more joy and contentment.
Until we created an “us.”
Our “us” has given me more love than I ever knew was possible.
I mean these words even more today than I did when they were spoken one year ago:
In this place where it all began, on this day when it all started, I promise, I will…
Love you as my best friend, my other half, my love for life. I will share my whole self, my dreams, and the strength to make them constant with you.
Each day, I will choose to love you when I wake, I will choose to love you as we fall asleep, and through all the uncertainties of the future, and the pressures of the present, I will love you.
I will give my deepest care, compassion and understanding, my constant comfort, all my strength and support, all my joy and happiness, to make your life more beautiful.
I will celebrate your triumphs; guide you through life’s stumbles, my hand in yours.
I will listen intently to what you have to say, I will speak respectfully – always with your best interest at heart. I will give freely of myself – I will compromise.
I will highlight your strengths, I will embrace your weaknesses, and I will be the best version of myself with you. I will never ask you to change who you are.
And as our love evolves, and we grow together, I will let our love mature.
I will cheer you on; I will be a source of constant encouragement. I will be the person who is always on your side.
No matter the distance, or length of time, I will miss you terribly when we are apart.
I will never give up on you; I will always fight for us. I will be your sanctuary.
As I have given you my hand to hold, I give you my life to keep. Forever and always. I do and I will.
6 September 2008