10 Years of Marriage
10 years ago today I was getting a few of the last minute details ready for my wedding ceremony and my honeymoon. It seems like it was yesterday. So much has happened; many great times, some bad times, and lots and lots of laughs!
It seems like yesterday that I married my wife, it seems like yesterday that we used to live alone in our apartment with your cat.
We traveled a lot back then, Cancún, Orlando, New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Las Vegas for COMDEX, our Mediterranean cruise, Florida (somewhere in the Redneck Riviera for Monique and Jean’s wedding), Antigua Guatemala with friends. Sometimes the trips would be long and planned ahead, most of the time it was just a drive to the beach for lunch.
Then we started doing grown-up things: Buying our first car together, a Red Toyota Yaris, that we called “The PokeBall” because it was red, and very small; fighting over the plans of what is now our house; building our house; deciding we wanted to have a family.
The first five years of our marriage were devoted to having fun together, exploring ourselves, and buying things for each other. Somewhere between all those trips and parties we decided to build a house and start nesting… which actually came in very handy because we finished our house just in the right time to settle in and have our first child.
The second five years of our marriage have been all about family life. We’ve had three wonderful kids so far… they are our pride and joy. They keep us feeling young and old at the same time. They fill us with so much love and happiness, it immediately erases all the memories of the worrying when they get sick, the night-time feedings, the lost sleep, the expenses.. oh, yes… and the diaper changing.. eewww.
Even just hanging out, saying nothing, just vegging out in front of the TV, nodding off next to each other, trying to stay awake even though the kids have tired us out all day long, is the most enjoyable part of the day because we have each other near.
10 years of my life with my woman. I am a very lucky and happy guy.
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