This video happens to be a compilation of pictures, music, and video memorializing one of the happiest days of my life and the years leading to said day.
Our Wedding Day.
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An old friend from high school came for a visit yesterday. (Thank you Traci, it was great to see you, and I hope this is the new beginning of a great friendship!)
It seems that my little girl is much like myself. She is sentimental, nostalgic, curious. Yesterday, just like many before she wanted to share "Mommy's wedding day" with a new friend.
I have watched this video countless times before and it never ever gets boring. After Traci left she asked to watch it again; we did. She asked questions, compared herself to the baby pictures of hubby and myself, and even insisted that the younger pictures of hubby and myself were not "mommy and daddy" Someday she will understand ageing, but hopefully not too soon. Her curiosity and refusal to believe people get older is one of the few baby things we have left. In her world we have all always been as old as we are today and no one is getting older. (Boy wouldn't that be nice)
BUT- I digress...
The point of this blog and the title "Almost a decade"
Watching that video always gives me a chance to reflect. I look at the pictures, I hear the music and my mind is flooded with great memories over the last 10 years.
stolen kisses...
long walks...
a million laughs...
great family, friends, companions...
March 1st we will celebrate 10 years. TEN YEARS. That pales in comparison to the more than 30 years my in laws have under their belts, but today... 10 years is a big deal. I want to write it in the sky!
Hubby teases that we will celebrate 4 years together because on March 20th we will celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary. The beginning of a new chapter which trumps the 6 years that we had together previously. My honest opinion is that he says this just to get a rise out of me; the sentimental sap who saves Christmas cards and movie stubs. Somewhere around here I even still have the ticket stub from the play he took me to on our first date. That date which I had slept through because in a moment of idiocy I took Benadryl for allergies. Following my 2 hour long nap we went to have dinner where the clumsy side of me made her first appearance and I spilled soda all over myself, him and the rest of the restaurant section we were sitting in. (That still makes me laugh) But he was great about it, did not laugh, just helped me clean up and then held ever door from the restaurant to the truck, to my home... he teased me later, much later mind you- but at the moment he was as wonderful as my face was red!
That night I went home and told my mom we would be married someday. A silly 15 year old girl making wedding plans. In hindsight, I guess that sounded funny, crazy even. BUT- When you know you KNOW, and I was not letting this gem out of my sight.
Through the years he has been by my side through heartache, sadness, laughter, triumph. He has held my hand and my heart and made me see the world in a light I do not think I would have ever seen it in had I not met him. He has given me a life that some strive their entire lives to obtain. A true friendship, a beautiful daughter.
I am a better person for having met him; he and I are a great team.
As we approach the decade mark, I wanted to take a minute to reflect on all that is beautiful about this man, this love, this life. I can only hope that when we are 65 and celebrating 50 years I can look back at today and say that he is still by my side and we are still smiling.
When life hands us lemons, we reach for our best friends to help us make lemonade. I'm just glad I do not have far to reach.
Until next time...
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