A Decade.

A decade.

Ten years.

Today marks ten years that I've been married to my love.

Justin is evidence of God's grace on my life.

Every. Single. Day.

He's a gift that I truly don't deserve,

but that I find myself being more thankful for every night as I say my prayers.

He is everything that I am not.

Where I'm weak, he is strong.

Where I am afraid, he is confident, bold, and brave.

He helps me to not take life quite so seriously.

We complete each other, and we make a pretty good team.

I have no doubts, even ten years later, that God made me for him, and him for me.

Not only do I love him, but I also love loving him.

Loving him is just fun.

He annoys me a great deal,

but no one can make me laugh like he can.

God sent Justin into my life at a time that I needed to believe that true love really could exist.

Because honestly, I wasn't sure.

But then, in walked Justin.

And in walked hope.

And in walked God, reassuringly saying, "See, I love you. 

And he does too."

And I almost ran him off.

Because I was scared.

But he didn't give up on me.

And he stayed.

And he's still sticking around, by the amazing grace of God.

Last night I was flipping through a journal that Justin and I kept together while we were dating.

He will deny it if you ask him about it, but it's real :)

I looked at the places that I doodled the name "Kendra Marie Mason."

I read entries that I dreamed of the day that I would be his wife, and we would get to be mom and dad to little kids, together.

And it seems like only yesterday, but also an entire lifetime ago at the same time.

And now here we are, ten years later.

A whole decade later.

And I couldn't be prouder to be his wife.

J,

Thank you for making every day an adventure.

Thank you for making parts of every day fun.

Every day is not easy.  Being a pastor's family and trying to raise three strong willed little kids can certainly be trying at times.

But there's no one else that I would rather be on this adventure with.

Apart from my relationship with my precious Jesus, the One that sent you to me,

there is no other more precious relationship in my life.

Thank you for making the choice every day to love me, and thank you for never giving up on us, even on the hard days.

The last ten years have been a blast, and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life loving you...

Love, 

K