How this love has grown

There is a time in life when you find the one person you're going to love forever, and you don't think it's possible to love them anymore than that single moment. 

Then circumstances change, and you realize that with every passing day the feeling grows stronger and more difficult to describe 

This man, my husband of 7 years, has entwined himself so deeply in my heart. He is an incredible dad to all of our kids, even my teenage son who isn't biologically his. He isn't afraid to play hard, discipline when needed and love them unconditionally. He's been taking care of me for over a week since my c-section and the birth of our twins. 

He took our older boys outside today to play. I sat on the porch rocking the babies while I watched him run through the yard playing ball and 'you can't catch me', a favorite of our 3 year old. Just watching them, my eyes welled with tears.

I'm not saying that part of it isn't the postpartum hormones running through my body (the babies are only a week old) but I also was overwhelmed with such a strong feeling of love for him. I realized that in 7 years that love has blossomed to proportions I never thought possible... And they increase with every day. 

In seven years we have experienced joy at the birth of 4 beautiful babies, grief of losing a baby, heartache of fertility struggles, job losses, arguments and intense passion. All of which has culminated into making us the couple we are today. 

Welcome to our family. 

We are the Sperrings, party of seven.