Yesterday marked one year of marriage for me and my husband. We have been together since April 2017, and by the following September he had proposed.

I had left a five year relationship prior to the one I am in today. After five years of ups and downs and and hurts and yearning for marriage only to end in heartbreak, I didn’t think I was cut out for relationships.

But then I met Caleb.

He saw me for who I am, both my pretty and my not so pretty, and loved every bit of it. He pursued me, he cherished me, he encouraged me to grow in ways I didn’t think I could. He simply loved me in a way that healed me. Before I knew it, I gave myself permission to accept his love, and arrived at a place where I knew I could love him back.

Life is beautiful. And it is certainly even more wonderful with him in it.

And now, we’re expecting our first baby in September!

One year down, a whole lifetime to go.