Time Too

When I was younger time seemed to drag - sometimes for bad reasons - Friday seemed like an eternity away when going to school on Monday morning - and sometimes for good reasons - at the end of the summer term the summer stretched out ahead of me with no end in sight. But it is definitely true that time seems to go much quicker the older you get. Years dance in front of my eyes and time slips through my fingers.

I've always thought that when you don't have children, as we don't, you could be left with a life without benchmarks which could blur so easily from one decade to the next. With children you have punctuation marks through the years... their birth; first day of school; starting uni; leaving home; marriage; birth of grandchildren.. We've tried to make our own markers over the years by moving from one place to another, each place giving us a different adventure..... and boy, have we had some fun times doing it. We doubled the size of our first house in a massive renovation project. We moved to a derelict 20 acre old mill for our second house and kept rare breed pigs and hosted weddings! Our third house was all about comfortable living and immersing ourselves into the community that we lived in... and then there's here. Our forth move. They have all been fabulous in their own different ways, mainly because I've had the gorgeous Mr. M by my side. We always have said that it's me and him against the world, and whist we've been fortunate enough for the world mainly to be on our side too, it's his unwavering love that has made each move effortless and fun.

It doesn't completely pass me by that whilst our relationship is not unique, it is rare. We both totally believe that we have found our soul mate and we have never taken each other for granted. He makes me belly laugh, he makes me feel totally secure and safe and he still makes the butterflies go off in my stomach when he enters the room. I go weak at the knees at the sound of his voice and I still think he's as sexy as hell. I know that I am so lucky to have him and for the amazing adventures he's given me and I am very grateful for that.

This new adventure is going to be slightly different for reasons I'm not going to go into on here but I know they will be filled with love and that makes me feel very grateful. So whilst time continues to fly by too quickly and I feel I want to grab it and hold onto it so tightly, I also appreciate the time that has passed and the life we have lead and continue to lead. We are lucky.