On really being married...

Did you know that being married isn't about showing off gifts, and dates, and sweet things you do for each other?

Did you know that being married isn't about flowers, or weekends away, or even simple dates?

Did you know that being married isn't about spending tons of time together every single day?

Being married is about committing yourself to someone through the good, the bad, the ups, the downs. It's about supporting each other, believing in each other, and loving each other. Always.

It's about laying in bed watching videos of your kids, goodbye kisses before the sun rises, splitting child-raising duties, washing dishes, paying bills, rushing from one thing to the next...together.

It's about the tiny little mundane things that make up your every day. When you're living life side by side sometimes it's hard to see the person next to you--make time to notice each other. Love each other.

That's my two cents. :) Today is my 7th anniversary of being Mrs. Hawk. But today isn't what makes my marriage, it's in the everyday--the forever, and ever, amen.