Treasure of a Lifetime

I have recently started to follow Mona's Musings (http://www.monasmusings.com/) and was particularly intrigued by the latest post.

Having only been married a brief amount of time in the grand scheme of things (9 months today) I recognize that I still have a great deal of things to learn and experiences ahead. However, I find that the past 9 months have gone by incredibly fast and I still sometimes feel like a newly-newlywed. My sister told me only a few months after we were married that she would excuse us for not being social until we reach 6 months, and by that point we will start to get bored of each other. Well, we have exceeded that time frame by 3 months and still all I want to do is be with David. Planning work schedules and classes for the same time or running errands together or when the other has a lot of homework allows us to get the maximum amount of spousal appreciation time possible. A friend asked me the other day if I was tired of David yet (that is her fear when she gets married) and I resoundingly said NO! We have more fun now than we did even when dating - playing games, teasing each other, and goofing off. It is wonderful to be married to someone you can be ridiculously silly with and yet also have genuinely serious and intimate conversations.

Back to Mona's Musings latest post, Somewhere Else. I absolutely loved the poetic writing style that so beautifully captured the importance of dating your spouse and taking the "time to love gorgeously". Such truth lies in her messages and advice that should be repeatedly read as it offers polishing to your golden marriage. So taking the advice of the wiser Mona, before the baby comes we will love somewhere else and escape to the California shores and walk along the beach, hand-in-hand.