Wood and Lucky 13
Today is our Fifth Anniversary.
Yes, boys and girls, five years ago - five years - John and I were married. In a truly unforgettable weekend of celebration with our friends and family, I must say (and thank you again for such wonderful memories!)
Which also means it's been thirteen years (lucky 13!) since we became a couple. Where does the time go?
It's our "Wood" anniversary, though I confess this all-important date somehow snuck up on me slightly unprepared. We did celebrate it during our trip to Australia, and returned with a (wooden) boomerang to commemorate. But even so, I now wish I had thought to go camping or sneak away to a log cabin in the woods somewhere in memory of it. But that's the beauty of hindsight!
Still, if the babysitting arrangements work out, we'll find ourselves away in Mystic, CT tomorrow evening - "Brigadoons for Pizza," in honor of our first Dating Anniversary thirteen years ago, and then meet up with my sister, her family, and Joshua for the aquarium the next day. If not, then we'll find ourselves there on Saturday anyway, with Joshua in tow, and just celebrate that "marriage" also means "family." :)
There is a certain beauty in love, and anniversaries are good especially for how they remind us to take a moment to remember and cherish. Remember what made us first fall in love, those tender moments together, that instant when our eyes met during our ceremony, the shared pain of labor and the joy of holding our child for the first time, all the tears and heartache and love and intimacy. Even the bad times, because they show how much we care about the other even when we are angry, and highlight how wonderful the good times.
It's easy to forget the little details in everyday life, and I am no better than anyone else in getting bogged down in the now, or my own emotions and frustrations, so anniversaries are important to remind us that, yes, we need time alone together, that yes we love each other so much, that yes all these years together have been wonderful, and do remember when did this? and, oh, remember that? and, laughing, recall how we got from those first moments to the place where we are now.
So if I don't say it enough, my love, I love you. I love us. I love all the years passed together, and look forward to all the years to come. And even when I've said "I wish this was different in our lives" the one thing I've never wished differently is having you in it, with me, together.
The answer still is, "Yes yes yes yes yes!"
Yes, boys and girls, five years ago - five years - John and I were married. In a truly unforgettable weekend of celebration with our friends and family, I must say (and thank you again for such wonderful memories!)
Which also means it's been thirteen years (lucky 13!) since we became a couple. Where does the time go?
It's our "Wood" anniversary, though I confess this all-important date somehow snuck up on me slightly unprepared. We did celebrate it during our trip to Australia, and returned with a (wooden) boomerang to commemorate. But even so, I now wish I had thought to go camping or sneak away to a log cabin in the woods somewhere in memory of it. But that's the beauty of hindsight!
Still, if the babysitting arrangements work out, we'll find ourselves away in Mystic, CT tomorrow evening - "Brigadoons for Pizza," in honor of our first Dating Anniversary thirteen years ago, and then meet up with my sister, her family, and Joshua for the aquarium the next day. If not, then we'll find ourselves there on Saturday anyway, with Joshua in tow, and just celebrate that "marriage" also means "family." :)
There is a certain beauty in love, and anniversaries are good especially for how they remind us to take a moment to remember and cherish. Remember what made us first fall in love, those tender moments together, that instant when our eyes met during our ceremony, the shared pain of labor and the joy of holding our child for the first time, all the tears and heartache and love and intimacy. Even the bad times, because they show how much we care about the other even when we are angry, and highlight how wonderful the good times.
It's easy to forget the little details in everyday life, and I am no better than anyone else in getting bogged down in the now, or my own emotions and frustrations, so anniversaries are important to remind us that, yes, we need time alone together, that yes we love each other so much, that yes all these years together have been wonderful, and do remember when did this? and, oh, remember that? and, laughing, recall how we got from those first moments to the place where we are now.
So if I don't say it enough, my love, I love you. I love us. I love all the years passed together, and look forward to all the years to come. And even when I've said "I wish this was different in our lives" the one thing I've never wished differently is having you in it, with me, together.
The answer still is, "Yes yes yes yes yes!"