Wouldn't It Be Nice?

When I was a teenager I would often day dream about my future (heck who am I kidding, I still do that). At that time I had just started dating Jon and neither of us knew what the future held for us as a couple, after all we were only 14 when we got together. Regardless of the uncertainty, whenever I pictured my future he was always right there with me. I would day dream about how fun it would be to live with him. In fact I would listen to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys over and over because it seemed to be saying exactly what I was feeling.

Wouldn't it be nice if we were older
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong


You know its gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together

Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through

Now fast forward some years and here we are living the day dream that I had spent so many math classes constructing. He comes home in a suit and tie, I make him dinner and we get so many giggles from our little pup. Its all too much to take in sometimes. We're really our on our own, together.

Every now and then I find myself looking at the creases that appear around Jon's eyes when he smiles and I get a little lost in a preview of his eventual wrinkles and picture him with some grey hair-he is going to be such an attractive older guy. And then I have to remind myself that no matter how amazing our future may look, our present looks pretty darn good too.

Happy 11 Year Anniversary Babe!