One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

Today is a very special day. Today, my sister and her husband have been married for three years. Happy Anniversary, Holly and Seth!

My sister and I made a pact a long time ago that we would both be each other's maid of honor when we both got married. I imagined our wedding days a lot when I was little, but I never expected hers to come so soon.

I remember the day Seth told me that he wanted to propose to Holly. We were in Minnesota for my cousin's graduation party. Seth and Holly were going to Disney World with some of his family the next month, and he wanted to propose in front of Cinderella's castle.

When he told me, my stomach dropped, and my head started spinning. Of course I was so excited for her, so happy for her. But this was my big sister, and everything was about to change for her. If you know me, you know I'm not the biggest fan of change, so while this news was super exciting, it also made me uneasy, nervous.

This had nothing to do with Seth, though. Seth treated my sister so well, and I could tell that they both really loved each other. Again, I'm just not the biggest fan of change, and a wedding is about one of the biggest forms of change there is.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you’d be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved.

This week my parents celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary.

{Fun Fact: Other things that happened 29 years ago
        -Dirty Dancing came out
        -The Simpsons premiered
        -Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for
         the third time
        -The world's population reached five billion.}

Everyone says it, and everyone says it's true when they say it, but my parents are the best parents in the world. I don't care if everyone says it. It's probably as true to them as it is to me. My parents are the best.

Because it's their 29th anniversary and because they're the best parents in the world, I decided to make a list of the most important lessons they've taught me.