This Saturday will mark a special milestone for me and my husband Josh. On May 31 we will officially be married five years. It seems like just yesterday that I walked down the aisle to the Wedding March and we were joined as husband and wife.

I still remember how beautiful the church looked in candle light and how handsome Josh looked in his tuxedo. We were surrounded by our best friends and family who came to celebrate what is still to date the happiest day of my life.

Some people think it is very strange, but Josh and I didn't kiss each other until or wedding day. We dated a little over nine months, and shortly into our courtship we made the decision to save our first kiss as a couple for when we were husband and wife. While not a traditional practice, I have no regrets at all about waiting until my wedding day to share a kiss with my husband. It was a very special moment.

As most girls do, I dreamed about my wedding day since I was a little girl. I knew the dresses would be light purple and the flower girl would wear a ring of flowers and ribbons in her hair. And I knew my husband would be the most handsome man on earth. The real day lived up to my every dream and expectation.

But, no matter how much I dreamed of the fairy tale wedding, nothing prepared me for the joy yet to come. It's after the wedding that life really begins, and I can truly say I am the luckiest woman on earth to have a husband who is as wonderful as my Josh. It is my prayer that five years are just the beginning of a lifetime together.

Happy Anniversary Josh.