How I Met Your Mother

There are only three episodes left and this makes me extremely sad. I have watched faithfully week after week and own every season of it on DVD.  It's more than just my favorite show, it's become like extended family to me.  I know everything there is to know about it. 

I've watched as the characters have had life experiences quite similar to my own. (Ex: my children are named Luke and Leia like Ted's, Lily left Marshall to go to California for a bit but realized it was a mistake and came back to Marshall, Marshall lost his dad unexpectedly to a heart attack the same year I lost my sister to one, bought our first house like Ted and Marshall and Lily, probably won't have kids like Robin and Barney, even started dating the same year as Marshall and Lily, etc...) 

I've watched it all as Robin and Ted were together and Barney and Robin. I waited patiently for the mother to be revealed. Laughed at the jokes and I cried at all the sappy moments.  I've watched as the characters have grown and grown along with them. 

It has me reflecting on how different my own life is since 2005.  I've changed jobs, helped put Jason through undergraduate and graduate school, bought a house, trained two puppies, gained a brother in law, sister in law, niece, and nephew, lost my grandmother, uncle, cousin, and sister, bought three new cars and one new truck, traveled out of the country, went on my first cruise, took my first trip to Disney (6 times now), and had two surgeries.  Through all this stuff, Jason has always remained the Marshall to my Lily, my blue French horn, my yellow umbrella.  He's always right by my side no matter which hill I'm climbing or which valley I find myself in.  I wish that everyone I know could find this kind of love.