effortless

Well, I keep feeling like I need to give some real attention to my tired old blog. But then every time I sit down to do it, I just don't feel like it. So today I've added a seriously huge picture to my blog title because I just discovered this feature in the customize options. It won't stay long, because I can't make it any less overwhelming. The options are either huge or not there. So today it will be huge, in a few days it will be not there.

As for the above picture, it's one of the most sentimental of all the pictures I have. Until last week I didn't know if its existence. My lil sis Sarah took it of us and its been trapped in her digital files ever since.

This photo was taken in Italy, sitting on a bridge over a river somewhere on the outskirts of Rome. I think the backdrop is gorgeous, but more moving is the emotion that this shot captures for me. We had only been married about 2 1/2 weeks here, and I was feeling as blissful as a girl could feel. I love this man more than I ever knew was possible, and felt as content as I've ever been. Just effortlessly happy. Little did I know that is just gets better and better with each day that goes by. No exotic trip to Europe necessary, our relationship just gets better with time. Even the hard days make it better, the boring days make it better, the long days, the crazy days, the nice days, the mellow days, the happy days and the sad ones. They all make it better. But when I look at this picture, my heart catches a little and I'm right back there wandering the streets of Rome with my brand new husband and all the family members I love so dearly, looking for another corner gilato shop and just taking it all in. I constantly feel like I don't deserve such a good life, but I'm grateful every day for it. So for now, I'll take it. And when the bad times come, I'll take those too.

What do you know, a few minutes of typing later, I've come up with something to say. It's nice when that happens.