"The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows—a wall against the wind. This is the willow's purpose." — Frank Herbert, Dune Time, although a very evasive concept, is in each moment a gift. And most often, I don't stop to look back at the road I have traveled on. Even more so, the road Justin and I have travelled together. But today it is warranted. Today marks 9 years as husband and wife, and 9 years of truly some amazing and adverse moments. We have lost the most cherished and birthed the most loved all the while interwoven with each other. I will be the first to admit that our day to day appears to some: mundane. However, inside the ordinary he and I together have understood the profundity of love. It is brash and loud, but it is also cautious and quiet. "Love is a many splendored thing." It is the true basis of community, and I am proud of the community we have built. The willow is the t...