Missing Out? I Think Not!

Well its been awhile since I last wrote. We've been crazy busy with school and everything that goes with it. Dominic finished his 1st year and I finished my bachelor's degree which is awesome! This week we had Josh come home from serving in Kansas. Dom was so excited to have him back it was like watching a little kid on Christmas Eve. I had to joke with him before we picked Josh up from the airport that he was not allowed to be happier to see him than he was to marry me. I didn't really know Josh very well while growing up around the Pasquales. All I can remember was that when I moved in to the house my parents are in that he moved my bed in and put it all together. I'm super excited to get to know him better. I have another brother! How cool is that?! 

This week we also we able to see my cousin Jenny be married in the temple to her now husband Allen. It was so neat to hear the covenants that Dominic and I made just 7 months ago again. This event is what prompted the title of this entry.

Lately, I have been receiving comments about how I miss out on all kinds of things now that I am married. Sure, I can't just go and spend a couple hundred dollars whenever I want, I can't leave the house at 10am and not come home till 3am the next morning, I can't just pack up and go on a trip whenever I want, and I can't go do things single people do. While thinking about this I came to the conclusion that not only am I not able to do these things but I really have no desire to do them. When you get married your mindset completely changes. The moment this happened

 my mindset had changed. I knew that I was making a promise to the wonderful man kneeling before me that I would stay with him forever and do whatever I could to make him happy. My mindset changed again kneeling across the alter and saying "yes" to the sealer. I knew we had become one with each other, and one with God. 

In the sealing room yesterday at Jenny's wedding the sealer talked a little bit about sacrifice. He said something that I completely agree with. He stated that you will have to make sacrifices in your marriage and many of them will be without reward for you. You know you will not receive a reward for your sacrifice but you do it anyway because you want your spouse to be happy and you love them unconditionally. How true that statement is. I wish we had gotten that counsel when we got married but better late than never I suppose. 

How it felt to be sealed to Dominic forever is indescribable. Would I trade that feeling for being able to spend two hundred dollars whenever I want? No. Would I trade knowing that I have someone to come home to for being able to leave at 10am and come home at 3am? No. Would I trade knowing that no matter what stupid thing I do he will still love me for packing up and going on a trip at a moments notice? No. Would I trade waking up and seeing my best friend peacefully sleeping beside me for being able to take part in activities for single people? Absolutely not. I gave up things that were good for something that was the best and I would never trade that for anything. Do I miss out on stuff? No, not really.