4 Fabulous Years!

Last conference Elder Holland spoke about true love and how it makes one giddy and want to shout it from the roof tops. Since I don’t really have the ability to get on my roof I decided that our blog could be my forum for “shouting my love for Toshi from the roof tops.” We have been married 4 years to the day and it has been amazing to see how my love for her has grown as our family has expanded and continues to do so. When Taija was born it became harder to spend time with Toshi and spend the time together that we had before. It was hard to adjust but I found that my love for Toshi grew as I watched her grow as a mother and I saw that she had everything and more that I could have wanted in the mother of my children. She is such an amazing mother and wife. She has embraced those two divine callings with her whole heart and I have been blessed beyond measure. As I work hard in medical school to provide for our future she has made so many sacrifices to help me be successful and happy. I will be forever grateful for the love and service that she shows me every day as I get to follow my dream of being a physician. Often my non-LDS classmates ask me how it is possible to have a wife and a child and another kid on the way and still be successful in medical school. I tell them that it only works because I have an amazing wife. Toshi runs my life and my life is in great hands. She allows me to work hard in school, serve in the church, and provides me with opportunities to spend time with her and Taija. As I was on my mission I spoke with the senior couple that was in my area. I asked the sister what her advice on finding a spouse was. I figured since she had found a spouse and had 7 children who found spouses that she might know a thing or two about it. She said that it is really simple. “If the more that you get to know them, the more you like about them, then that is a good sign and that is a person you could consider marrying.” Not only was she right, but I found that this formula carried past our marriage date 4 years ago. I continuously find things that I like about Toshi that I hadn’t seen before and I thought that the woman I married four years ago was the catch of a life time! Happy anniversary Tosh! I love you mostest!