DSCN1042 (2)There are many great things about being married. I had to pause when I came across this question “What is the one best thing about being married?” I started thinking about all the memories that we share, the places we have been, the crazy things we’ve done, and then it came to me. Every one of those things involved sharing life with my husband.

[The single best thing about being married is experiencing life with the same person creating memories that will matter years down the road]

I can’t help but think of anything better. I get to create all these memories with someone that will literally matter for the rest of my life. When I think of memories in high school, they do not have the same meaning because I am not in contact with those people that I shared all those memories with. Memories are created, recreated, and remembered because of the people in our lives. I am so thankful to be able to look back five years and reminisce on memories with my husband. I am able to talk to him about it and take a trip down memory lane where we both can experience the same joy about it.

I love being able to eat my meals with my husband. It seems so little, but think about the times you eat by yourself and then get to share a meal with someone. Eating just seems so much better when you get to share it with someone important. We get to laugh at all the recipes I tried that didn’t quite work. We get to hold our nose (because it’s disgusting) and drink the tea with too much fresh lemon in it so we do not waste. We get to enjoy the recipes that did work and make sure we write them down to add to our menu!

I love being able to go to church with my husband. I love when I hear something from the pastor that really means something to me that my husband heard the same thing. I know when I try to tell other people that weren’t there they just don’t get it like my husband does. I love standing next to him in worship and holding his hand at the end during prayer.

I love going to football games with my husband. I know that is something he really cares about and I enjoy sharing that with him. I enjoy when he talks to other people about how awesome it is to have a wife that supports him during football season. That is important to me.

I love knowing every night I have a husband to fall asleep with and wake up to. I love knowing that he will protect me through the middle of the night no matter what. I love that even though we fight sometimes before bed we never sleep in separate rooms.

There are so many positives to being married. Everything that we do with our spouses should not be taken for granted. We should appreciate the little things like eating meals with one another. The best thing about being married is experiencing life with the same person knowing those memories will matter years down the road.

If you were asked the same question, “What is the one best thing about being married?”, what would your answer be?