It has been a long time since my husband and I took a trip together. The baby wasn’t a baby as much anymore, so we finally got the time to go out on an adventure. We went down to an area of Utah I haven’t visited much. The biggest activity was hiking to Lower Calf Creek Fall, and we also went to the Escalante Natural Bridge after.

There’s a swimming hole at the base of the falls, and I thought it would be fun to get in. Even if it was October. We dunked in, and it was a little cold, but a lot of fun.

My husband and I were talking a lot about who we are. And we are very different, often flawed people. But as we talked, we committed to acceptance. Even though we are different, we can accept each other for who we are, completely. That’s part of loving someone with all your heart: you don’t want to change them. I do want improvement: but that’s different. That’s making who you are better, not changing who you are.