January 23, 2021
Reflection: Honesty, trust and communication have led to a relationship built to endure and thrive through life’s greatest challenges.
Today, I’m grateful for: The depths of my relationship with my husband
Challenge: Consider what has made your relationship with your significant other special or successful.
January 24th has been a special date for me for about 14 years now. It marks the beginning of a lifelong relationship with my now-husband, Dan. We were just kids when we started dating. Of course we didn’t think so then, but in hindsight, I can’t believe how young we were. I remember I used to get so annoyed at my father-in-law...”puppy love” he would call it. He was probably right. 😛
But despite riding the highs of youth and the honeymoon stage in our early years, we went on to love each other fiercely through many of life’s significant milestones. High school, living apart as Dan went off to college, moving in together at 18, college life, education, internships and job searches.
Graduation, closing the chapter of college life and saying goodbye to our first home with no new chapter ahead, aka a stint of living in my in-laws basement laundry room 😅 (Nothing humbles you like packing your entire life up and putting it in storage to live in a basement laundry room.) And then, our first home. A fixer-upper complete with all of the charm (and surprises) that a home built in the 50’s brings. (I’ve always said that doing a home renovation project should be integrated into all premarital counseling programs)....it’s a true test of patience and personality!
Marriage, honeymooning (for real), Adopting and training a puppy (a very large puppy to be specific), selling our first home, building our next home, and travels that took us around the globe. Pregnancy, miscarriage, and then the pregnancy, labor and challenging birth of our first child. Learning how to become parents, and now, embracing the beauty of our new family dynamic.
Through all of these milestones, we learned to love and support each other in new ways. And through honesty, trust, communication and faithfulness, we withstood many of life’s challenges only to come out a stronger team.
Today, I’m grateful for a husband who supports, encourages, and loves me to depths that no one else ever will. I’m grateful for a partner who knows me and all my strengths and weaknesses and still stands confidently by my side each day. And I’m grateful for the strength and depth of a relationship built to endure, thrive and enable me to become a stronger, better version of myself every single day.
Loving on you today Dan Sepich.
XO
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