Our Future...

This week I read the blogs of a husband and wife who decided to start writing letters to each other each Monday regarding a topic of their choosing to record how they felt, where they were in their lives etc.

I love that idea and while I would love to do the same, I know that my husband (a man who has no interest in social media or writing) would likely not go for it. Alas, I am inspired by their enthusiasm to create a time capsule of their lives from each perspective and I will give my blog the same subject matter today:

A Letter to My Husband –Dreams for our Future.

They chose to write their letters as if they were thirty-four years into the future…I think I’ll tweak it and I will write to my husband today about our future.

Dear Husband,

Everyone always says that their youth seems like it was just yesterday. I sit here wondering how 27 and all of the other twenties passed by so quickly. I imagine that even in the future I will continue to laugh at how we thought that approaching the age of 30 was the end of the world.

As I think back to who we were when we first met, I am astounded by how far we’ve both come and all of the growing up that we’ve done together. Sometimes I hassle you too much about your fear of change and your “decide tomorrow” attitude but quite honestly it’s what I fell in love with. You’ve got a quiet confidence that I’ve always seen but I know it may take awhile for you to recognize it in yourself.

This letter is supposed to tell you about my secret dreams for our future…the trouble is that I have not really kept my dreams a secret from you.

Regardless… here it is…

Someday…

You will work at a job that doesn’t feel like work. The saying, “Find a job that you love and you’ll never work another day in your life” will apply to you and you’ll dread retirement more than getting up for work.

We will have children who fill our home with laughter and chaos. Your fear of holding babies will seem hilarious because you will be an amazing father and holding babies will just become second nature.

I will write a book. It won’t be a best seller and it won’t be published but I will have written it and it will mean something to everyone who loves me because I will have left a bit of myself behind.

You will golf every weekend. You may think that this one is silly but I see the joy that it brings you and I know that you need it…you always will.

We will find a home that feels like a home. A place that we feel safe in, that we enjoy changing and that we look forward to coming home to each day. I can’t tell you where it is or what it will look like but I know that we’ll know when we’ve gotten there.

You will stress less and relax more. You will find that worrying actually changes nothing and that you should just recognize your blessings and enjoy them instead.

We will still be in love. We will always give each other a hard time but we won’t lose the love. Some people lose it, forget it, neglect it or abuse it…but we won’t.

I suppose this may seem like a short list but it’s not. The details that make up these dreams are intricate and I have no doubt that getting to them will be an often difficult journey. But I have no fear in this revelation because God blessed me with you. You are wonderful and you get better every day.

Love,

Elyse