I Want to Fall with You

I fell in love with you while walking my 80-year-old neighbor's dog.

I fell in love with you while crying over past mistakes and heartbreak.

I fell in love with you when you gently asked permission to hold my hand at Fox Island Nature Park.

I fell in love with you when you purposefully sang high-pitched and off-key while on our way to our favorite country road to watch the sunset.

I fell in love with you when you asked my dad and all of my best friends permission to marry me.

I fell in love with you when you told me you had orders to Germany and we would spend the next 3 years of our lives there.

I fell in love with you when you stared into my eyes and breathed peace into my heart while laboring over our firstborn.

I fell in love with you while grappling over lost sleep, dirty diapers, and spit up covered clothes.

I fell in love with you while traipsing though European castles with a baby strapped to your back.

I fell in love with you while cooking dinner and when coming home to find the laundry folded.

I fell in love with you during quiet weekends spent cuddling on the couch watching Netflix.

I fell in love with you while we Skyped during your deployment and your jaw dropped to the tent floor when I told you I was pregnant.

I fell in love with you when I watched our son fall back in love with his daddy after 6 months apart.

I fell in love with you when you rubbed my back and stayed strong while I screamed through our daughter's birth.

I fell in love with you while you cared for the kids while I was sick with the stomach flu.

I fell in love with you when you played video games while I read with my head in your lap.

I fell in love with you in front of my parent's firepit, and I stayed in love with you through 3 years living overseas, 2 kids, and 1 dog.

I fell in love with you in all the quiet, innocuous, and commonplace moments.

I fell in love with you despite past shame and current pain.

I fell in love with you for your sea blue eyes, freckled lips, strong arms, and loyal heart.

I fell in love with every part of the man God made you to be.

As the years go by, I don't want to trip and stumble through life with you.

I want to fall.

And I pray that we keep falling together.

Into His hands.

Into His plans and purpose for our lives.

Into His unfathomable and unconditional love.

Into His beautiful and simple blessing.