One Year Later (Engagement)

Our Engagement

June 18th, 2022

One year ago today Blake asked me to marry him. It’s wild how quickly time sneaks by and to already have reached a year feels impossible but here we are. A year ago Blake took me out for what I thought was just another boat day on the river we hope to someday buy our dream home on he asked me to marry him and love him forever. I said yes. Yes to a lifetime of choosing love, working through the tough stuff, figuring it out together, and with God’s grace and help never quitting.

Two months later we said ‘I do’ so we’re nearly 10 months into marriage and we’ve learned a lot. We’ve learned to compromise. To quickly apologize. To ‘get over it’ a time or two thousand. To stop when we can’t fully resolve a conflict and at least reiterate to each other that we’re in this forever, we love each other, and we will eventually figure it out. We both agree our smartest move was premarital counseling (where they normalized that even if you never fought while dating, you will the first few months of marriage) and our biggest blessing was being able to start our marriage debt free.

Looking back I wouldn’t change a thing about our engagement (or ‘wedding’). And I would pick Blake a million times over. I’m so incredibly grateful that through the highs and lows I have him by my side. He has lead and loved me well this past year and I can’t wait for many more. Today, tomorrow, and forever it’s you for me, babe. Thanks for the happiest (and sometimes hardest) year of my life. You’re my greatest gift and biggest blessing.

B