I have spent far too few moments treasuring the beauty of familiarity. The thought struck me late the other night when I was in the bathroom, cutting my husband's hair. I don't know why it struck me then. I've done it countless times before. But this time, somehow the simple intimacy of knowing exactly how he likes his hair and snipping my clippers accordingly while he watched me in the mirror seemed profound. There is something to be said about sharing your life with someone. Growing up and growing old together. Raising your children. That idea is often romanticized by stories and movies, but amidst the day to day living of that life, the appreciation for it can be lost.
To be truly known by someone, with all facets of your past and present, your weaknesses and strengths exposed and still loved. That is beautiful. And getting to watch the little boy that I have with that someone, grow in his own familiarity with the world and with us, it's a bigger experience than the small words I have can describe. What a privilege it is to be the one that he knows better than anyone. And to experience the seemingly insignificant day-to-day of growing old together with someone. To me there's nothing, even in the constant stream of new and exciting, that could top or fulfill as much as that warm familiarity.
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so stunning with that jeans thing on <3
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He's a beautiful baby! Just love his little overalls :)
What a beautiful post. It truly is an amazing thing to be able to be appreciated and loved through life. Sharing a life with another person is such an amazing and sometimes difficult situations to find one's self in.
Julie
beautifully written. I just love the way you write.
you had to be there
Love the little one's sylish overalls :)
xoxo
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aww this is precious!
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I know those moments. When it just hits you that you really really know this other person. That you're so connected.
A lovely post :)
i was just thinking about this! we have two children now, my youngest is your E's age, and grand sweeping romantic gestures, passion (im too tired for passion) and showy love are out the window! just two people who enjoy sharing the same space, who work together to make life a little better for each other...
sometimes i miss the passion, but i would take familiarity any day!!!
awwhh I LOVE that first picture!! sooooo sweet. :)
x.
What a beautiful post :-) life really is about those day to day things isn't it. Everett looks adorable in that outfit too!
That's a really nice thought. I think about it often, there's a warm feeling that comes with it. Beautifully written.
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Beautifully written. I share the same feelings when it comes to traditions. My friend was planning her wedding a few years back and thought of doing away with so many of her family's traditions and I had to remind her the beauty found in those moments. Traditions is things that are in inherited and cannot be made-up.
I'm glad you feel this way :)
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This is so beautifully written!
Beautifully stated and so true.
That was as beautifully written as your baby boy.
So beautifully said! I feel the same way, and try to give thanks for my husband every day. It's a gift to be cherished, being given a love like that. I don't want to ever take it for granted.
I have been loving your posts this week. There's something so wonderful about familiarity and I think we often times take it for granted.
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I love familiarity, I do better with familiar things.. they feel safe and cozy!
Elise
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I love familiarity, I do better with familiar things.. they feel safe and cozy!
Elise
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beautifully put.
wow seriously beautiful and profound journaling. You are so right. Thanks for sharing :)
Absolutely beautiful.
Everett is looking so adorable. You're so right - I have those thoughts hit me now and again too. It's sweet, normal, everyday moments that pull up emotions like that. And I love it. :)
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Well said. You are so sweet. Thanks for sharing.
That is so beautiful. I read a quote the other day which made me think differently about the mother child bond...
"No one else will know the strength of my love for you. After all you're the only one who knows what my heart sounds like for the inside".
Have a blessed weekend.
well said. beautiful words. thanks for sharing.
You have no idea how much I needed to read this post you wrote today. You've made me realize that being completely comfortable in a relationship isn't a bad thing at all and I needed to hear that. I needed to realize that I shouldn't take my own familiarity with my love for granted. Seriously, thank you.
Beautifully put!
beautiful post. my baby girl is 13 weeks old and i am back to work. it breaks my heart that i can't be the one who spends all day with her. i am glad to hear that you treasure the moments you have :)
that is so beautiful! and so true! me and my hubby of 5years our raising our almost 2year old daughter n have a baby boy due in 2 weeks! n we r moving from cali to Georgia to simplify n enjoy more moments like what you describe! =)
I love this post. It's a great reminder to turn away from the fast paced lifestyle that society seems to favor, and enjoy the simple things we have that bring more happiness in the familiarity. Thanks for your perspective!
So very true. Beautiful post Sydney. Thank you for sharing your heart and words with us...
Kate
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beautifully said! thanks for the reminder!
Wow! This is beautiful. You describe exactly how I feel about my husband and kids! You're quite awesome.
Joyce - from the Philippines :)
beautiful post.
xo.
What a beautiful post. Happy Friday!
This is so true & honestly I feel the exact same way. There is this comfort that I feel with my husband that I just don't have with any other being. It's truly amazing. I can't wait to share that feeling with our little family too. :)
What a beautifully written truth, i thoroughly enjoyed that, thank you.
This is so true. We definitely take it for granted until change comes rushing into our lives. We need to remember to be grateful for all the familiar things in our lives. Thanks for sharing this! :)
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that was beautiful said, Sydney. How intimately a family knows one another is something only a family can explain.
Yes LOVE is really all there is...
xo
Pam
So honest and true love in life. Thank you Syd!
It has been so cute to watch you become a mom and enjoy and appreciate all of the little things. Thanks for the reminder, growing old with hubbies and babies truly is a wonderful thing! Happy weekend!
Beautiful post Sydney!
This is so beautiful and so true. :)
Amazing words beautifully written--there isn't anything better
great blog!!
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This is a lovely post.
beautiful!
Sydney, you write so beautifully. You capture every emotion so perfectly! Love reading about your cute little family!
Beautifully written. It truly is wonderful.
I've always been scared of growing bored of a family life. I have yet to experience it, but I tend to imagine everything beforehand and getting married to live a normal life with the same person forever seems like the scariest thing. My parents are divorced so it probably made me think negatively. But this simple apprehension slowly became a genuine fear of getting married or whatever. Your post made me realize it will probably not be as terrible as I think it will, because I guess you can't imagine the feelings you have each day of such life when you haven't experienced half of it yet. So, thank you for that. :)
your blog gets more and more beautiful everyday. cheers for having the courage to follow your heart.
xo
what a beautiful post. thank you for your words.
This is such a beautiful sentiment and something I wholeheartedly believe in. It's the familiarity and the routines our lives are built upon that make them so special!
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This is so sweet and beautifully written. And Everett is just getting cuter and cuter.
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
I totally agree with your words! the 3rd pic is amazing btw!
What a lovely post, you are so sweet!
xo Kayla
very sweet and very true. I've been trying to be more thankful for the smallest things lately and when you stop and think about it there is so much beauty to be thankful for on a daily basis, just like you said even in the smallest things like cutting your husbands hair! sweet post!
this is beautiful :)
what a beautiful and touching post!
xx
Here&Now
I rather enjoy familiarity. Especially when it comes to my Marriage :) Thanks for the reminder!
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perfectly articulated. beautiful sydney!!
I've never commented before, but this was really really beautiful. Life is so good, isn't it?
so profound and beautiful. i completely agree. when you get that flood of gratitude for your life, with all it's up and downs, it really hits you. this life together, though imperfect, really is all that matters and we need to grateful for it.
i needed that today. thanks!
this is beautiful, and so true. i love thinking that i get to spend the rest of my life with my best friend.
Beautiful words. You wrote the passage so eloquently - full of wisdom and experience. I only hope to know what you're feeling one of these days.
I swear girl.. this mama maturity in you is over flowing lately. You have a gift with words. Beautiful, meaningful post.
the most adorable pics ever
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x
i never considered cutting a husbands hair romantic until you mentioned it. That's so sweet =)
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I agree! I was also thinking the similar thing the other day while driving. Two people knowing each other so close is amazing, but sometimes I forget to tell my husband just how much that means to me.
That last photo is beautiful.
I definitely think we lose the appreciation. I know I do! I need to be more present and enjoy the moments with my husband!
Their is much beauty to be found in all things even ones weakness. The Lord wants our hearts broken and Spirits contrite. In my darkest times, I have felt so broken only to later learned that I was broken into beautiful (not tryin' to be vein). Then to find someone who loves me for all of me has been amazing and healing. love this post. Girl, you deeep! xo
Beautifully said. The movies don't like to focus on "the day to day" but the familiar moments are sometimes the most romantic because they are not often thought of first.
Such a wonderful post. Love how you put it in words. :)
That is a beautiful post. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
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It's so true. I love those moments...very humbling.
such a beautiful post. there is nothing better in all the world than that.
Beautifully said. I love this
eek that kind of gave me chills! your blog is probably the only one i read from first sentence to last, i feel like you're a smart older sister. true words girl
love this. i agree, i think truly happy people are the ones able to find the extraordinary in the ordinary.
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Beautifully put...and that little man of yours...I can't even deal!
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beautiful post! i remember when my husband and I started dating many many years ago and he had accompanied me to the laundromat (he's sweet like that). He made this statement while folding my shirt 'one day i'll know the story behind all your clothes'. :)
wow, you have a knack for writing and sharing your soul so simply and beautifully. this is amazing.
Sydney, this is achingly beautiful. You are getting even better with age lady. Thank you for your wonderful thoughts. What a wonderful reminder to treasure the precious everyday.
you are beautiful. I love what you have written in this post. It is true that we often forget to really absorb the beautiful day to day moments, that are the best part of life. Everyone always says its the little things that matter the most. I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy that beautiful baby boy of yours. :)
beautifully said/written!
i agree, so beautiful.
So true! People always say "marriage isn't a fairytale" and they're right, but there is something beautiful and wonderful about the solid, working sort of moments :) Lovely post.
So well said Sydney! I needed to appreciate my family more today. Thank you for sharing.
How funny that you should write this post today. I was clipping my husband's hair this afternoon and he said, "Just think, you'll be cutting my hair 45 years from now. We'll be sitting outside of our RV (a dream of ours) by the Grand Canyon (on our list) and you'll be doing this same thing." Like you, it struck me as amazing because it is so simple and ordinary that we rarely take the time to notice it. I think you're on to something with stopping to see the beauty in it.
Beautiful beautiful post! I had multiple meltdowns today (I blame PMS) and my husband was there to hear my whining, wipe my tears and he even kissed me after I had made his morning a miserable one. If that's not love...
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this is beautiful. i love this thought.
Amazing words!
i think the same thing all the time, and love it just as much. the "mundane" aspects of sharing your life with someone are pretty amazing.
I love this post. I feel like this when I have my "date day" with my hubby but hadn't known how to describe what I was feeling. "The beauty of familiarity" is the perfect description and the "mundane" parts of life are always the ones that leave me feeling this way. Thank you :). BTW Everett looks ADORABLE!
You are amazing. Thank you for being so honest and real. It's refreshing in today's society. Love.x
so beautiful.
and also, i am typing this comment as a puddle on the floor because that last picture of everett melted me.
What beautiful words. Couldn't have said it better.
What beautiful words. Couldn't have said it better.
sometimes you write and it cracks me up and sometimes, like today, you write and it's beautiful. enjoy the familiarity.
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You make cute babies
This post was truly beautiful
words were never truer. it's like you took the thoughts out of my head and made them sound pretty on paper (er, blog). your son is just too precious for words. enjoy your weekend!
xoxo, jenn
the stylish housewife
this is a sweet post. i love it.
beautiful words
Thank you for this post. Your "small words" do a pretty good job :)
Amen Sister! Miss you guys.
POPS
beautiful post, such inspirational and heart felt words.
You are such an eloquent writer! I loved this post!
Amen Sister!
Oh, that is an absolutely beautiful feeling... and you put it in words so perfectly...
Thanks for sharing this.. very lovely and thought provoking..
xoxo ela..
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Well written and I love how even your blanket is stylish!
I've had to come back and re-read this several times because it really encapsulates the concept of love so truly. Well put, lovely lady.
I always adore your candid and honest commentary about life, just this little snippet about love has moved me greatly, it's utterly sweet and real. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful post! You're right, familiarity within your relationships/life truly tops all. It's a wonderful feeling knowing you have someone who knows you better than any and that you have someone you can say the same about.
love this post, sydney
He is just about the cutest thing ever. (: AWWWWWW.
What a beautifully written post. Familiarity brings comfort and happiness :)
this post is so very insightful and intimate. it's true, real life isn't romanticized the way it is in movies. thank you for sharing this!
xo TJ
Thank you for this post. This is something I have strived for as I have gotten older. Having recently gone through a break up with my best friend who I saw myself marrying has brought a roller coaster of emotions to my life. Your words were beautiful and encouraging and I can only hope I get to be as lucky as you are some day. <3
beautiful post.
Amen, and I agree wholeheartedly. Very beautifully put.
I copied and pasted this in my journal. That is how much i loved it and wished that i had thought of it myself. :) You are so wonderfully articulate with your words.
What a beautiful way to describe love. "Warm familiarity" This post is perfect.
Gorgeous post. Beautifully written. Couldn't agree more!
Such a lovely post! It's true, sometimes in life's rush, we forget to reflect and be thankful that special someone in our lives. Thanks for the reminder. -JB.
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Beautifully written. I thoroughly enjoy reading your blog. xoxo
atticus has the denim overalls too. love 'em.
atticus has the denim overalls too. love 'em.
Beautiful. I couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you for expressing the extraordinary in something so ordinary.
-Christie
yes!!! i feel this exact way! i feel bad to say this, but, i recognized it while attending a wedding that should not have taken place. the beauty of my husband and i together. this love doesn't need to be found in just books or movies like you said.
wow, i have been totally feeling this and it feels good to read it written so well!
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You write beautifully.
So beautifully observed, your words brought tears to my eyes x
Just stumbled on your blog and this post made my eyes well up with tears! Beautiful!
Just stumbled on your blog and this post made my eyes well up with tears! Beautiful!
Thank you for this post- your words moved me. Especially the part about what a privilege it really is that your little boy gets to know you best. I never thought about it that way with my little girl, and it just moved me to tears.
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