My boyfriend and I both have kids from prior relationships. We dated before we had kids but I was 17 and he was 19. It was a summer fling that had ended when he went back to college. We had lost touch and then I ended up pregnant and married. He had a child with a then girlfriend. My marriage dissolved as young stupidness tends to. And I had always always wondered what if about him. I had moved back to my hometown after my marriage had ended and used to take my two boys for a walk passed where his house was by the river multiple times a week. I never saw him though. I figured life had moved on and we were in different places and it was done. Then one day he drove by on his way home from work. He found me on Facebook and asked me out. We’ve been together ever since. 4 years almost. And now we are expecting our baby girl after three boys.

I snapped this last night and it brings tears to my eyes. He loves us all so much. We’ve been through so much. Custody battles with exes. Struggles over our past. My family not approving (of anyone not specifically him). But here we are building our life together.