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Stephanie Howell

reading, organizing, shopping, momming too close to the sun. Home is wherever the Army sends us.

10.

 

10 years.

4 children.

5 states.

2 apartments.

6 houses.

10 deployments

50 months apart

3 childbirths together

1 childbirth apart

3 cross country road trips

7 times packing up our belongings

8 times unpacking our belongings

2 surgeries

4 girls

countless letters,emails, long distance phone calls

a few arguments

a fair amount of misunderstandings

lots of tears

so much worry

bliss

frustration

sheer panic

teamwork

communication

respect

more love than i could ever put into words on this blog.

 

ten years ago today i married my hero, my best friend, and the love of my life.

i never ever ever could have known what God would show us, teach us, and put us through.

over the years we have been through more than i could have imagined.

but through it all, the good times and the bad, there has been a finely woven thread of respect.

faith.

love.

honor.

dedication.

commitment.

he is a steady presence in my life. his hand on the small of my back? gives me the confidence to do ANYTHING.

he is my anchor.

i am the silly one. the social butterfly.

he is the rock.

i am so grateful.

so so so so so grateful.

he is the best husband, the best father, the best man.

he loves me in a slow, steady, constant, respectful way. and this is the best gift he could give our daughters.

he is gentle and kind and shows them how a man should treat a woman.

we are a great team. and after 10 years there is still so much to learn.

so much growing to do.

so many mistakes to make (and learn from).

there is no one that i’d rather have holding my hand.

happy anniversary, james carr howell.

god only knows what i’d be without you.

xo

S

 

Comments

  1. Happy anniversary to you and Jimmy. Wishing the two of you and your beautiful girls many, many more years of happiness together.

  9. What a sweet, sweet post. Congratulations on 10 years of marriage – may God bless you with many, many more years of happiness!

  10. Happy Anniversary! I remember your post from last year when J was away and Harper and Sadie had a party with you. What a blessing this year is, and what a wonderful family you have!

  14. Happy Anniversary! Love the concept of this blog post so much. I hope you don’t mind if I borrow it for my own anniversary and birthday.

  15. Happy anniversary! What sweet words, I can hear you pouring your heart out, wow you’re inspirational.

  16. Such a lovely tribute to the most important person in your life. Happy Anniversary and here’s to a life time of happiness together. Congrats on your 10 year milestone.

  17. I have tears in my eyes you lovely woman, I hope he reads this and keeps it forever. I wish you another fifty years and more xx

  22. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! What a wonderful milestone. Prayers to you guys for many many many more.

  24. Happy 10th! Next year it will be “Buon undicesimo anniversario!”. Life is an adventure, for sure. 😉

  26. Happy anniversary, S & J! This part gave me chills: “he loves me in a slow, steady, constant, respectful way. and this is the best gift he could give our daughters. he is gentle and kind and shows them how a man should treat a woman.” He is lucky to have you and you are lucky to have him . . . and the fact that you both feel that way . . . is a beautiful thing. May God bless you and your marriage and your four gorgeous girls.

  27. Happy Anniversary to a beautiful couple! Although I am just an online, know-through-the scrapbook-world person, you have shared your life and your family with all of us so sweetly. I hope you have a beautiful day of celebration! 🙂

  28. wow this blog post just sums up marriage in the most perfect way! Happy 10 years, and btw, you were a gorgeous bride, J must have been a happy guy when he first saw you that day 🙂 That’s my fave part of a wedding, the grooms face when he sees his bride…

  29. Happy anniversary. It’s a special day for me too as its our katys 10th birthday today.

  31. This is such a beautiful, sweet post Steph. Happy 10th Anniversary! I love “Love Stories” and this is a great one! Cheers to you both!

  37. Congratulations on your tenth wedding anniversary. May you both be blessed with many, many more years of love and joy together.

  39. Happy Anniversary!!! Happy 10 years together and many more to come!! I love the way you write, brings tears to my eyes and fills me with hope for anything/everything. My hubby is pretty amazing too and we will be celebrating our anniversary in 2 more days. Have a wonderful weekend celebrating with your man!!

  46. Happy, happy anniversary!!! Lovely words. By the way, Jimmy is lucky and blessed, too. 🙂

  51. Congratulations! God brings amazing people into our lives and blesses us in ways we could never had imagined on our own!

  53. What a great ride. May your next 10 years be filled with as much happiness as your first 10! Congratulations.

  54. Lovely post (read almost a month late!) – we have our 10th coming up this year too – and I feel the same way 🙂