Once upon a time... three years ago...

Once upon a time....we lived in Ontario.

We didn't have a dog, nor a toddler.

In fact, we didn't really even have a front or back yard. We didn't renovate our house (just a few little organizational projects).

It was just the two of us.

We spent a lot of time together, and spent a lot of time with our families.

Needless to say, life has changed a bit since then - those glorious days of sleeping in, brunch at Symposium, hugging our friends and relatives on a regular basis are no more.

3 years ago today, I married my best friend on our 5th anniversary of being together. It was an amazing day. I don't think either of us ever felt so supported or surrounded with such positive energy.

That being said, reviewing our wedding photos, we've lost some of our family and friends since then, through death, moving, and much other life events that have happened. I miss them dearly; and some of the photos made me cry a little.

Lately, life has been busy - and its been tough to make time for each other in light of all of the things that furry creature, and rapidly growing toddler need. But in thinking of where we are now, I have to think back to where we came from, those two people.

On the day of our wedding rehearsal, I received a phone call while I was literally standing at Camp Kawartha that would start the process to change our life in a direction we couldn't have anticipated. I was so excited that I was even being considered for a position in Alberta.

My partner in crime, D, to his credit, when I gave him all the details later, was remarkably cool and calm (one of his best features in my opinion, he's my rock). In the space of a month, we decided for our new little family, moving West was what we would do. We did not take this lightly.

We knew we would be 3,500 km away from all whom we hold dear. We knew that when we had issues or emergencies, we would only have each other to rely on.  We knew this would alter our relationships with families and friends, and that sadly, we would even lose some of those relationships because of our move. I think it speaks our families' character, and our own desire to start our own family that we took that plunge.

Maybe I don't say it enough, but I'm so proud to have D as my husband, partner, and best friend. I'm also now very proud to be a mom to J, who looks just like him.