Love At First Sight

5 and a half years ago, I met my husband, Nick. We met at work. We hit it off from the moment we met. We didn't bother with trying to be friends, we both knew that we wanted to be together from the day we met. He started hanging around on my shifts when I worked night shift, or staying longer when I worked the morning shift and he worked nights. He even showed up early to work just to see me.

We didn't tell each other we liked each other. Not right away, anyway. One day, near the end of August, he mentioned that he was moving and he had to find a place to stay for 5 days while he waited for his new apartment to be ready for him to move in. Being the person I am, I blurted out, 'Hey, why don't you stay at my place. I'll be sleeping while you're at work and you'll be sleeping while I'm at work. It works out. No need to spend extra money on a hotel or whatever'. SO, he came to stay with me. In those 5 days of him staying with me, surprisingly enough, we fell in inlove. I was never one to rush into relationships or even tell a guy I loved him. (I was 19 and had only told 1 other boy I loved him.)

The 5 days came and he slowly moved into his place. He barely moved in though. He ended up spending most of his time at my place. Any one of my friends could tell you that I was not the type of girl to stay in a relationship very long. I had the attention of a goldfish when it came to boys.. Kind of sad now that I think about it. But hey, I was a teenager.

On October 27th 2006, Nick asked me to marry him. To everyone's surprise, I said yes. Everyone told me I was rushing into it. I didn't listen. I loved Nick more than anything.

We planned a wedding for January 28th 2007. We had a small wedding in Coquitlam BC. We were surrounded by friends and family. All the people we loved the most. I wouldn't say it was the perfect day, I would have LOVED to have eloped in all honesty. But the wedding happened and it was great.

5 years from our wedding day and we are still so much in love. We are blessed with a wonderful son (Who was born 7 months after we got married. Best wedding gift ever! We found out 2 weeks after we got married). It surprises me that it's been 5 years already. It feels like just yesterday but also feels like we have been together a lifetime.

Happy anniversary, Babe. I hope our next 5 years are as fun and filled with love as the past 5 years.