Nine years ago today, my husband and i drove up to lake placid for our honeymoon. but nine years and one day ago, my "real-life" began! Yesterday, P and I celebrated our nine year anniversary, and had i not been excruciatingly exhausted last night, i would have written about this then.
Nine years ago, as my father and i descended that long aisle, we held on tightly to each others' arms. He then kissed my cheek, and my parents gave the hand of their youngest child to her future husband. The rest is a proverbial blur. I was ecstatic to be standing up there, next to the man i would be spending the rest of my days with; I'm pretty sure he felt the same. The ceremony was beautiful, and we both teared up as we said, "I do." We left the church to a bubble barrage and we never stopped smiling. In fact, my face hurt from smiling so much. That sounds like a cliche, but the photographer actually told me to, "Stop smiling so much" because the pictures would look staged. (imagine that he didn't catch the irony in that one.) The reception was amazing. Everyone ate and drank, then danced the night away. I'd guess that most people feel this way, but my wedding was my favorite wedding EVER! it was the greatest party with the greatest people for the greatest reason! I may tear up again just thinking about it.
And here we are nine years (and one day) later and I can report about my life almost exactly as i reported about that big day. My life is my favorite life EVER! Even with the sleepless nights and life-given ups and downs of the every day, i feel truly blessed that i am enjoying the greatest party with the greatest people daily. my husband has given me the best nine years of my life, the two most gorgeous children anyone could ever imagine, and i can only foresee things getting better. we grow closer and stronger each day. there are days where we want to scream at the top of our lungs and days when we laugh so hard our bellies hurt. but at the end of each of those days- the good ones, the bad ones, the ones that just are- we go to sleep each night with a hug, a kiss, and a great big high five (courtesy of my oldest!) I thank God daily for the life I have, the family we've created, and the time we share. I look forward to the day when we can celebrate our daughters' nine-year-wedding-anniversaries and marvel that it felt like just yesterday that we were celebrating our very own- with the baby crawling underfoot and M wanting to know why she has to go to sleep before the steak comes out (our big date was an amazing steak with grilled asparagus at about 10:00 last night! but at least we had a lot of time to hang out!)
And so, nine years ago today, as we drove off to Lake Placid, we enjoyed our first day of being able to say, "Remember when..." about our wedding. And here we are, still remembering and reliving and always and forever loving.
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