I learn new things about being part of a couple all the time.

I learn that we don't always have the same idea of how to spend a sunny Saturday afternoon. I learn that we don't always want to eat the same thing for dinner. I learn that we have different ideas of entertainment. I learn our need for sleep often vastly differs, as does our sleep schedule.

I also learn that we can still connect on new and deeper levels, even after four years. I learn that we can be quiet and silent, and still abide in one another's presence. We can pack a great picnic, he remembers things I forget. He remembers when I get lost going to the same town, making that wrong turn every time even though I live here and he doesn't.

He laughs at my jokes, he smiles at me for no reason, I catch him looking at my face when he thinks I'm not looking. He loves my cooking, and we love to enjoy a sunny day, a bottle of wine, and just looking out the window together.

I know life is not a bed of roses, and things can be an adjustment, and sometimes couples drive one another nuts, but I'll take what we have over anything else any day.