Five Years. Five!

“If he brings you flowers, he’s a keeper,” my sister, Brandy, told me over the phone that first-date day.

“Ok,” I laughed as I slipped on a teal sundress I’d borrowed from my housemate, Kate. “I’ll let you know.”

He brought me flowers.

Eight months after that day, we were engaged. A year after that day, we were married.

Five years ago, May 24, 2009, I committed my life to my best friend, Joseph Kim, and I’ve never regretted it for an instant. I look forward to 60 or so more years of getting to know one another better and making one another better as we adventure through this life as a team.

This year, he surprised me with cheery pink flowers and a box of dark chocolate See’s. And a card with a handwritten note that made me laugh.

Truly, he is a keeper.