Happy Anniversary to the Love of my Life!
Seventeen years ago (April 5, 1992), I married the man I know I was destined to go through my life with. We met unexpectedly, our courtship was brief, and today we’re more deeply in love than we were when we were married 17 years ago.
A few years ago, I published our Love Story on my website, for those of you who are interested in reading it. Quite a few of you already know the story, but there are some others who might want to know how we met. You can read it here.
Also, last year, I spent a lot of time creating a video/slide show highlighting sixteen years of our marriage. I’m not going to create a new one until we reach 20 years *grin*, so if you want to check it out (and see some pretty bad hair styles), you can view it here.
Steve’s working tomorrow, so we won’t be able to celebrate until Monday or Tuesday. I’m not sure what we’ll do, but if the weather’s nice, our plans might include a scenic drive and perhaps a picnic lunch. We don’t do gifts or cards - those things are not important to us. What’s important to us is just being “US”.
Happy Anniversary to my darling Steve! Thank you for loving me, standing beside me, keeping me safe, and laughing with me. I look forward to a lifetime of adventures with you. I love you always.
The following quotation is from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, and quite fitting for this special day:
Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of eternal passion. That is just being in love, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.
~Louis de Bernieres (”Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”)
In closing, I want to say “Thank You” to John and Shirley for the lovely Anniversary card! It is beautiful and it traveled all the way to Alaska just in time (today!). Thank you also for the lovely letter you included. I am so happy that we had the opportunity to “meet”, even if only through cyberspace. Love to you both!
Thank you also, brother Steve and SIL Dee, for your card. It arrived yesterday as well. We miss you both tremendously and hope that you can come to Alaska for a visit soon.
