One hundred and twenty one months

It was only a month ago that we were standing on the 15th story of the Contemporary Resort in Orlando, Florida watching the fireworks over the Magic Kingdom. It was our 10th anniversary and was probably the most romantic and awesome date/night I’ve had in a long time! I’ll never forget it because it was such a great night.

I distinctly remember feeling chills throughout my body while I stood next to my husband and felt his arms around me. I was thinking of the day we very first met when I was merely 16 years old and he was 15. How I had so much fun during that one single day that it only made sense that I would be standing there on my honeymoon in Disneyworld with this man that I just married.

The first place we ever went was to the mall. Mom dropped us both off and we walked around the mall. We crossed a field and went to a Target nearby. On our way back we raced up a grassy hill where I then fell face first into the grass and smashed my styrefoam cup full of soda underneath me. It was horrifying!

The first movie we ever saw was Rush Hour and besides how hilarious it is, maybe that is why I hold such sentimental value to that movie. We ate eggrolls before the movie with Gene’s cousin and her boyfriend and then walked to the theatre and watched the movie.

From these two events on, we were inseparable. Every single weekend we hung out, sometimes on Saturday AND Sunday if we were lucky enough to get a ride. He started coming to my family events (Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.) immediately and everyone in my family happily welcomed him in.

We’ve grown together through the last 10 years. We’ve celebrated our Monthiversary every month for the last 121 months. Even if we don’t go anywhere fancy or have a huge celebration, we make it a point to acknowledge one more month of togetherness. We’ve been through our teenage years in high school, to Gene moving out on his own to college while his family moved out of state, to getting our first apartment, to getting our first puppy, to buying our first home and now being married and hopefully starting a family in the near future.

And most of all I am so thankful for having Gene in my life. I respect and admire him more than anyone I’ve ever met in my entire life. He is an exceptional human being and a fantastic husband. We both have our crazy quirks and I think between the two of us we really tend to balance out. He has been my absolute number one best friend since I first met him when we were youngsters.