WOW…the day has finally come!!!  MARRIED!!!

It has been a crazy whirlwind of excitement and the long anticipated day has finally arrived. After two and half years of dating we are moving into the next chapter of our lives and planting new foundations for the future. I have never been so excited yet terrified for all the changes to come but without a doubt the future looks brighter than ever.

For so long I been afraid of marriage, the responsibilities, the commitment, and the fact that I have to consider someone else and the impacts I have in their life. Maybe it was a combination of never dating the right person or maybe having to date the wrong people puts all the value into perspective. Then you meet that one person that scatters every ill notion you harbored about marriage. I imagine every married couple has their own philosophy on approaching marriage and the beauty of it all is that nobody is right nor wrong.

You hear the old men complain with their buddies about being married to the same woman but deep down I believe they secretly love having those women around. The facade they put on has to be played up in front of male counterparts. But the “rest of your life”…those are serious words to consider. But then again….rest of your life never looked so promising. I suppose my philosophy is that I will never be with the same woman for the rest of my life but ultimately it is the perspective that one must decide for themselves. My personal perspective is that I will have front-row seats to witness this amazing woman transform throughout her life. I dated her as she saved lives in the ICU, dated the graduated student who manages to prepare for exams far in advance of the actual exam, currently dating an explorer who trekking her way through Asia indulging on the experiences of writing her own life story. Someday I will witness and date the same woman as she transforms into a mother, soccer mom who cheers more than she has too, medical professional, tri-athlete, and anything else that life hands her.

So no…no I will not be ‘stuck’ with the same woman but arm-locked with a woman who will play multiple roles and make it look easy.

We look forward to building new customs within our lives and will embrace the perspective of living life by a compass and not a clock.

-Jason