One week ago was my 3 year anniversary of dating the man of my dreams. 3 years ago he asked me to be his girlfriend not knowing what our future would hold. Neither of us knew where we would be or how long we would be together, or what we would one day mean to each other.
My boyfriend and I used to work together and had known each other for about 1 1/2 years before we started dating. When we were little, our families lived near each other too; I discovered that I had once sold Girl Scout cookies to his family! (What a small world!) Any who, early in 2011 my boyfriend had just gotten out of a terrible relationship and we went on a fun, pressure free date to the park. We played catch, talked a lot and got to know each other outside of work. We continued to work together and talk but we both started seeing other people.
When a previous relationship of mine wasn't going very well I turned to my current boyfriend. He talked me through it and helped me figure out what I wanted. That summer came and went without either of us making a move towards the other. At the end of the summer, in August, we went to a movie together and went and sat under the stars together afterwards. Shortly after, he quit his job to focus on school and sports during his senior year of high school so we didn't see each other again until October. Thats when we started hanging out and talking more and more; becoming closer.
We were constantly hanging out and doing things together, talking and getting to know each other. We would go bowling, have movie nights at his parents house. Play pingpong together. And we went to a dance together in November. The New Year came and he was my first New Years Kiss. Finally, 9 days in to 2012, he finally asked me to be his girlfriend.
In the last 3 years, we have had ups and downs, we have found the strengths and weaknesses in our relationship. We have learned so much about each other that its crazy to think that we once knew nothing. Its almost more strange to think that I've been friends with him for longer than I have with almost any one else. He knows more about me than any of my friends ever have and I know that I am the only one in his heart, as he is the only one in mine. The last three years of being with my boyfriend have taught me so many things about growing up, maturing and loving another person. It taught me how to love myself, as well. Before I met my boyfriend, I didn't really understand what that meant.. I always thought it was a weird statement "love yourself". But being with my boyfriend has helped me so much to find myself and discover who I want to be. He helped me find Nursing, he helped me to rediscover my love of school and he has helped me to find my own relationship with God.
We went to Prom, to many other dances, we were at each other's high school graduations. We are each other's high school sweethearts. We found hobbies that we enjoyed doing together, like dirt biking and more recently painting. We make compromises for each other and help make each other strong and whole. We really have grown together in the past 3 years.
On the way home from a weekend Church Youth trip to Ridgeway about 7 months into our relationship, our Pastor asked one of the other kids how we would be able to make our relationship work with my boyfriend going to college and me still being in high school. The kid said that if we focused on each other, avoided temptations and kept God always in our hearts, minds and our relationship, that we could make it through anything. I completely believe that and I know that if we continue to do that as we have for the last 3 years, we can continue to do it for the rest of our lives.
The thing that I look forward to most in our relationship is our future together, growing up and finding our way in this world, together. I look forward to being by his side through the ups and downs and having him by mine. 
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