So a new category begins today, admittedly a few months after the date.  This category will be “Married Life.”  As I peruse marriage books and live life together with Jenn, I’d like to share a few glimpses into our discoveries, obstacles and victories in hope that just maybe you can relate or be encouraged.

A question that often gets defaulted our way is, “so…how is married life?”  Only being married for a few months leaves our mind pretty blank as to any one sentence answers.  Our usual response is, oh its not really that much different.  I happily relate how its really nice to not have to drive “home” any more at night to go to bed, only to wake up six hours later and drive back to Jenn’s to eat breakfast with her before work; about how now I can just climb into bed ;)  Jenn and I always joke together about what people are asking or what they really want to hear?  Do they want to hear about our sex life? haha.

But I was thinking about how to articulate the difference or the growth.  I believe that married life provides more opportunities to choose to love Jenn!  Its not that Jenn is some horrible person that I need to consciously force myself to love; instead its that living together provides opportunities for me to consciously make my love for her tangible instead of a fleeting feeling that is just assumed to be there.  It’s like realizing a holistic view of love, the feeling that manifests itself into something concrete.