On June 22, 1996, I married the love of my life. Yesterday we celebrated 12 years of marriage. Wow! As Micah, one of our groomsmen, said last night, "That sure went by fast!"
Actually, yesterday was our anniversary, but James was working a 24 hour shift since he swapped with another co-worker, so we celebrated on Saturday. A nice lunch date for the two of us (and Elijah, of course), while the big kids were with friends, was a special treat. We picked up a piece each of white and chocolate cake from Olexa's, to commemorate our wedding and groom's cake Diane had made a dozen years prior. It's as good now as it was then!
We reminisced throughout the day of special 'dozens' from our marriage. Those will be future posts, hopefully this week. It was fun hearing each other recall significant events, or places, or memories, and the reason for choosing them. James and I are usually very alike in our taste and thought patterns, so we were in sync on most of the items on our lists, which was neat. My husband is definitely my kindred spirit, and I know that all couples can't say that about their spouses, so I'm very thankful that he truly *gets* me, and enjoys spending time with me, and seeks to care for, encourage, lead, and shower me with love, daily. I'm blessed beyond measure.
I once heard someone say their wish for newlyweds was, "I hope your wedding day is the worst day of your life." That sounds so cruel, but the point was that from that day forward, they wished them to only grow closer, have more joy, and a stronger relationship, than they did on the day they vowed to share their lives together. As wonderful as our wedding day was, we have treasured so many days since then as greater blessings, and even the hard lessons learned, as better days. Since at any moment, we could be without each other, each day we have together is better than the one before. I pray that you know that kind of faithful love, which is such a beautiful picture of God's unconditional love to us.
Happy anniversary, sweetheart! I love you forever.
7 comments:
Happy Anniversary. We had an Olexa cake, too and what a great idea to go to her shop to sample a slice! We will definitely do that the year we get back to Birmingham for our anniversary. That should be our 12th actually!
Happy Anniversary you two!
Happy Anniversary!!!!!
happy anniversary to both of you! What a sweet post.
what a beautiful, sweet note!
happy 12th & i love that you got a "slice of the past" as part of your celebration:)
missing you & love you!
It seems like it was just the other day when I had the blessed opportunity to see you and James join hearts in matrimony but at the same time I cannot believe it has been 12 years already. Blessings today and always to the both of you =0) I heart you both and always will!!! amiga querida =)
Happy Anniversary! That did go by really fast
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