Here at Austin Moms Blog, we pride ourselves in posting compelling content about mommyhood, Austin, family fun, and everything in between.  Today, I’d like to take you off the beaten path a bit and let you in on my personal life…my love life specifically.  Now, now…not that love life….my love story, rather.  I’m always so interested to hear other couples’ dating history, how they’ve made it through rough patches, how long they’ve been together, and all those other little details that make a great tale.  So on that note, here’s my love story…it’s a good one, if I do say so myself…but I’ll let you decide.

Love Story

My husband Blake and I have know each other since junior high.  In fact, if we’re being technical about it, we’ve actually “dated” since 8th grade.  But can you really call it dating when your parents chaperone movie dates while photo documenting your awkward brace-face, pimpled self?  No, I didn’t think so.  And if you’re cringing a little bit right now, just multiply that by 100 and that’s how awkward it felt….ugh, kissing with braces was a whole other fiasco!  If you can just erase that mental image from your mind, I’d be much obliged.  Thanks.

So we’ll go ahead and skip a few years into the latter part of high school, when Blake was captian of the football team and I was right there on the sidelines, pom-poms in hand, cheering him on.  Pretty cliché, huh?  By then, our parents were good ol’ friends and our families often went camping or to the beach together.  There wasn’t much we did apart.  In fact, we were voted the “Best Couple” in high school.  It was Blake + Kristen = True Love Forever.  We even decided to attend college together “far away” at Texas Tech.  (Wreck ‘Em!)

Cut to the summer after our freshman year and things drastically changed.  I don’t like talking about this part and I’ve never shared the full story (I’m going to have to journal it for my kids to read someday when I’m gone)….but let’s just say, I wanted to “date other people” and he didn’t.  Needless to say, I did.  And he didn’t.  It was pretty rough and there was lots of hurt.

We ended up getting back together (obviously) and enjoyed the rest of our college years, even though they brought some ups and down for us.   After some time of growing up, setting mutual goals, and ultimately getting engaged, I realized that we had become a stronger couple than I could have ever imagined.  It was like we were of one heart and mind…and put everything behind us to move forward in life together as one.  And four kids later, our unity has been the saving grace throughout the stress that comes with raising young kids so close in age.  Blake is the epitome of a self-less man who puts his wife first and never makes me feel ordinary.  Our children have (and will) benefit so incredibly much from witnessing how much their daddy loves their momma.

This past June, we celebrated our ninth wedding anniversarynineteen years together total!  That’s over half our lives we’ve spent together!  I know our story is pretty unique, yet I meet people all the time who were high school sweethearts or who had similar stories as we did.  I think every love story has its little fibers that outsiders never see….those strong, intangible things that hold a relationship together and keep a love alive.  One of our little fibers is our strong faith in God and in each other, which I pray will continue to grow as our love story matures throughout the years.  My hope is that our children can experience the type of devotion and love me and Blake have for one another….and if they do, I will die a very happy momma.

How does your love story read?  Do you have one heck of a story to tell?…..or a sweet romance with a happy ending?  We’d love to hear your love stories, Austin Moms.  Do TELL!!!

 

 

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