Glimpses of a life once known well.

Tonight, Craig and I enjoyed a rare night out alone.

Sure, it was just a movie, Subway and a coffee, but to me, that spells bliss and romance.

I think when we first got engaged, this is how I imagined our entire existence as a couple would be. Nights out and about, dinners with friends. City adventures. Things like that.

And for a lot of our relationship, we've had that together. And it's been liberating and enjoyable and refreshing.

Now that we're in baby-making mode (see exhibit A), our time together and out as a couple has changed hugely.

Thankfully, we've been able to adapt so far to accept the loss of freedoms. Our adventures are much more localised, though still fun to the same degree, and our friends have had to adapt to the changes, too. Not everyone wants to sit around on our lounge all night/day and call it an "outing". But I can put into perspective this stage of life and see that, whilst limiting, is also just another season in the ebb and flow of our existence.

I have to remember that as long as Craig and I are still maintaining a relationship, it doesn't really matter what setting we're a part of. We can be at home having some nice chitchats or at a fancy restaurant looking over the harbour, but essentially, we just have to talk and listen.

If we can do both of those things, God will continue to enrich our relationship together.

So, tonight, under a starless sky, i looked over at my husband. A man who amazes me everyday. He can preach God's helpful words to teenagers and yet still find the headspace to answer my convoluted doctrinal questions at night. He can wake up in the morning with energy out of sheer will to entertain our beloved daughter while I get some chores done, and then go on to spend the rest of his day and night trying to be helpful to people in their friendship with our Lord.

I'm totally in love with him still, and with this new parenting stage of life, I see further into the depths of his character and my breath is taken away all over again. I am very blessed to have him as my husband, and as he grows in love to God, I reap the benefits of God moulding his mind and heart.