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6 Years Later


I sat staring at the screen for 5 minutes trying to figure out how to start this post. How do you sum up 6 years of marriage to your best friend? Should I finally admit that I am the perfect wife an okay wife? Maybe I should just start with who Levi is to me.

Levi. He is my soul sharpener. He always wants me to be better than I was yesterday. Not in a controlling competitive way. He just knows that I can be better. He wants me to be better because he honestly wants whats best for me, regardless of whats going on with him. He is my biggest fan. I tell him I want to go back to school and he says "go for it", I say I want to start running and he goes out and buys me shoes, I say I want to start biking he helps me pick out a bike. I think you get the point. He is ALWAYS there. Cheering me on and never letting me give up.  He doesn't put up with my $#!% either. I have been told I am a strong woman with a strong personality. I honestly don't see it. *cough cough* He is that gentle yet firm hand of guidance in my life.

Marriage isn't just this whimsical road you walk down hand and hand. It is a long crazy, windy road. It has valleys to run through and mountains to climb, rivers to wade through and creeks to cross. It is hard. It is messy. It is real life. Marriage. But you get to do it together. You get to learn how to pull each other up when one falls down. You learn to lean on one another. You get to experience victories and defeats. To see your spouse at their highest and lowest. Seriously one of the longest journey you will go one with someone but so worth it. Especially if you are as blessed as I am and have a husband as the one I describe above.

I don't think it has been by our own powers of awesomeness that we have made it. We have been fortunate enough to have family and friends who have lifted us up these pass 6 years. When I feel down or feel like I am unsuccessful at this marriage thing I have people speak words of encouragement into my life. Such as my mom. Recently she sent me this text. "I have seen how you both have learned to accept each other and comprise with out changing each other. It seems you both have a deep understanding of who the other is and you are willing to work with all the quirks. Not only do you support each other but you challenge each other to be who God wants you to be." Very truly blessed.

I know that in the grand scheme of life 6 years of marriage is nothing. But in my 25 years of life its huge. It means that we have made it! Happy Anniversary Levi. I love you more than I did on the day I married you. ~November 28, 2009~

(Lake Tahoe-Summer 2015. Photo Cred MacKenzie Peters)


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  1. DanielleNovember 28, 2015 at 7:51 AM

    I love this!!! Happy anniversary, Ponczochs!

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  2. DanielleNovember 28, 2015 at 7:54 AM

    PS we were with my in laws yesterday as they celebrated 41 years together. We went to dinner at Beach Hut Deli and got a Christmas tree. :)

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  3. HollandDecember 16, 2015 at 8:59 PM

    Happy anniversary!!

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