Ten Reasons Why Being Married (to Sam) in college is fantastic!

1. I get to spend life with my best friend and true love! Even school!

2. Sometimes we run into each other in between classes both by accident and on purpose. I can't even tell you the joy I felt the first day walking to my Living Prophets class and hearing "Hey, well I'm gonna go say hi to my wife!" from behind me followed by someone sneakily slipping their toes under my heels every other step. I turned around thinking "Who in tarnation?!" then saw my handsome curly-haired husband beaming in front of me! It was like getting married all over again, remembering that YES I was at BYU again, and YES I was still married to Sam!! BEST. REALIZATION. EVER. 

3. We can help each other get our homework done and enjoy learning together.

4. We can distract each other and take fun dancing/eating/talking breaks.

5.We get to see our college friends. And we have married friends! That is so much fun, and even more so being married ourselves as well.

6. We get to talk about our days together and what we're learning. We share what intrigues us, what bores us, what confuses us, what we hope to learn, things we do and don't enjoy, funny experiences and people in class, future goals and dreams (not that we couldn't/didn't share those things before... but being married makes is that much greater!)... I love that we tell each other everything!

7. It's truly the best caring so much for someone and how they're doing, not only physically, spiritually, emotionally, mentally, but academically too! We love each other and want each other to be happy and fulfilled and successful, to feel enriched in life and to continue to learn and grow. Sam's thoughts, goals, dreams, worries, interests, etc are all so important to me. He both tells and shows me every day how much he cares about me, and is the most supportive and loving husband. I am so grateful!!!

8. Waking up in the morning for classes is hilarious. He always has the silliest funniest dreams that he relates to me over breakfast, making me laugh. We're both pretty funny sleepers. I love praying together and having our personal scripture studies and working on homework before class.

9. It's so fun to watch his enthusiasm for his classes! He's really so smart and creative. I wish my brain worked a little more like his sometimes! It's really cool. I like watching him work on his projects for Mechanical Engineering and hearing him talk about seminary and institute teaching and sociology lectures. I also love to tell him about the fascinating things I'm learning in ELANG, Living Prophets, and English 362.

10.Time in the afternoons to work on homework and cook meals and plan and do dishes together!

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Okay okay, here's one more: 11. Walking (speedily) to classes in the mornings, haha. I just have to say, those Brownings can MOVE! They are all highly accomplished speed walkers of un-matchable pace. I have to practically jog to keep up with him sometimes!