A New View

Matt and I started our relationship in April of 2004. In that time we have been through and seen a lot for a "new relationship". We got engaged after only dating for 5 months. Some of you may not even know that. We didn't tell a lot of people until much later. We were met with a lot of opposition when it came to getting engaged and setting a wedding date. We both just knew that we were all each other wanted. When asked if I believe in love in first sight I can honestly say yes. Because from the first time I met Matt I knew that we would be together forever.

We have made it through a lot of things: fertility issues, miscarriages, being on two different shifts for 3 years, law school, moving, family troubles. We are almost 8 years in, almost married for 6 years and we feel that we are just as strong as ever.

Physically we aren't as fit as we would like to be. All those years of living a fast paced, irregular schedule have caught up with us. Being pregnant 6 times in a row has beaten my body down. Matt's high stress job and lack of sleep are beating him up. We have changed our eating habits. We make a lot of things from scratch. We have a low fat diet and what fats we do put in are diet we try to make good ones. The one thing that seems to still be a mountain for us is exercise. What little time we get together we don't want to spend exercising, we would rather be doing other things. However, with our family histories and current state we know that to have a long life to enjoy, things need to change.

That brings me to our new view. We have decided that to get fit and be accountable we need to work together. We've decided that for our 6th wedding anniversary we are going to run a 5k. That gives us 4 months and as I said earlier we have made it through far more challenging things. I know we can do this. Matt is a little leary, but doing it together makes it seem a little more obtainable.

I'm posting this on our blog, because we need some accountability. We need to stay on track this time. We are going to start the next year of marriage on a healthier note. We hope to look back on this in June and say yes we did this. We accomplished and made it through another battle in our relationship . . . together.

~Amanda