Ten Years

Spencer and I have been best friends for about ten years now. I thought that I should do a little post about that. I'm going to warn you all now that it may be a little cheesy.

Spencer and I met when we were sophomores at Idaho Falls High School. I can still remember the first time that I saw him. I was sitting in my PE class and he came in to meet a girl that he was dating. The moment that I saw him, something inside of me jumped. It was like my soul recognized him or something and knew that we were supposed to be together. I couldn't take my eyes off of him and I couldn't figure out why my heart was racing. I felt an immediate connection to him that I couldn't explain.

For the next few months I just kind of watched him and we didn't really talk. But I noticed things about him. He was very kind, sincere, and thoughtful to everyone regardless of what clique they belonged to. He was compassionate and sweet. He was a gentleman to girls. I admired him and who he was.

Our friendship really developed when we took zoology together from Mr. DeAngelis. Something about us just clicked. We were so compatible and we fit together like a puzzle. We fell so easily into our friendship. We were always lab partners for dissecting. He drew the pictures and I cut the species. We were both dating other people who didn't treat us very well, and we supported each other through it. We became best friends. And we swore to each other that no matter what happened that we would stay best friends forever.

And that's what we did. Even when we were thousands of miles apart, we stayed best friends. We are still best friends today. It is so nice to be married to my best friend and to live with him. We have so much fun together and it is just so comfortable to be with him. I love him more than anything. I'm so grateful that it worked out for us. Although, I firmly believe that he and I were meant to be together. I honestly think that we couldn't have ended up with anyone else. We have had to overcome so much to be together and I just know that it was meant to be. I believe that even if we hadn't been born so close together that we would have found each other anyways. We are soul mates.

Here is a picture of our high school.

This is Mr. DeAngelis. His class brought us together. He was an awesome teacher. He was very passionate about what he taught and always got excited about it. Spencer and I would help each other out by taking notes while the other one slept. We watched out for each other.

Our mascot was the tiger. We had a lot of school spirit and pride. In fact, our rivalry with Skyline was ranked the fourth biggest high school rivalries in the nation by Sports Illustrated while we were attending.

This song by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat reminds me of me and Spence. It even refers to the time when he was across the ocean in Italy. While he was there we dreamt of each other and wrote often.

Do you hear me,

I'm talking to you

Across the water across the deep blue ocean

Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying

Boy I hear you in my dreams

I feel your whisper across the sea

I keep you with me in my heart

You make it easier when life gets hard

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes

Waiting for a love like this

Every time we say goodbye

I wish we had one more kiss

I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

Lucky we're in love every way

Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed

Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea

To an island where we'll meet

You'll hear the music fill the air

I'll put a flower in your hair

Though the breezes through trees

Move so pretty you're all I see

As the world keeps spinning round

You hold me right here right now

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

I'm lucky we're in love every way

Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed

Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh