five

I no longer have pretensions about us. We've had a crazy five years: all the ups and downs and in-betweens. We've made fools of ourselves in front of our friends and family and all that jazz. We've made fools of each other. We've been able to get past each painful moment we've endured precisely because we approach everything we've been through with candor. We have been willing to talk things through and work with each other on getting over them. We acknowledged our mistakes and past transgressions. But we didn't make a lot of fuss about getting back on track together. We just did things together again and actively made that choice everyday since.

We've also had bad days since getting back together this time last year. We've had big awful days, too. But we've also had golden moments. Yes, definitely better together. I trust you implicitly. We've never had to pretend with each other and I am thankful for that.

It's been a life-changing year! This was a declaration I told myself. And I can say that I have grown so much and have become more self-aware than I have been before. I am ecstatic that I get to share every self-discovery with you. It's been five years but everyday we get a chance to see a part of each other that we've never seen before! This whole thing has really solidified some insights about myself, such as: my whole philosophy about money is that I don't have one. And how delayed gratification is something I am still struggling to learn!!! As well as insights about you: the way you examine the things you encounter, or dissect a problem, or how you spend your down time doing one thing.

It's also been life-changing for us. The way we are now is so different than before and is a preview to our future life. Or, well, we can say that our future life is now. I can say that we have evolved together into better versions of ourselves. Yes, we have some ways to go before we can say that this is the best possible version of us there can be. But I'm glad to say that we are on our way there.

You are the yin to my yang, the structure to my chaos. Life has definitely been more beautiful and more exciting with you in it.

Happy Anniversary, S.