In an earlier post I made light of mine and Hubby’s 13th Anniversary. It was fun and Hubby loved it.
Today though, on our actual anniversary, I want to seriously honour the man who so bravely took on the challenge, and it was indeed a mighty task to be sure, to get hitched to this woman.
For along with my utpeen emotional issues, I also came along with a 5 year old son. Taking on the title of Hubby meant also that he was immediately saddled (my word not his) with the double rank of Dad.
A pretty big load for a twenty-five year old who up until meeting me (less than a year earlier) was positive he was NEVER getting married or having kids.
Hehehe, that’ll learn ‘im. Never be absolutely positive about anything.
Anyway, at our wedding reception he stopped the festivities to make an announcement.
Pulling a twoonie out of his pocket he said, “I have a debt to pay.” I had no idea what he was talking about.
He turned to his best man, “Seems we made a bet some years ago regarding who would be the first one of us to get married. I’m no squelcher, so here’s your two dollars.”
After passing the coin to his friend he said, “And for the record, I still think I won” and then he turned to me and kissed me.
Aaaaawwww, I know eh?
Thirteen years, two kids, eight cats, a fish, a mortgage, half a dozen deaths and two trial separations later, we’re still here…together.
Getting and being married are the easy part. Staying married is where the real work and the real rewards lie. A wedding is just a day. Anniversaries are just days. Marriage is a lifetime work in progress.
I know that for reasons beyond people’s control some marriages just don’t work out. That’s reality. But I also know from experience that some “at-risk” marriages, if given the opportunity, can be healed, mended and made better by just sticking it out…and talking, lots of honest talking.
Ours is one such marriage and I’m proud and honoured to still be my Hubby’s wife.
I’m a “lucky”* woman.
*Normally I hate the word lucky when it comes to describing success in things that actually require work, dedication and commitment because luck has nothing to do with it. In this case however, it fits and best describes how I feel.
I just realized I had read some of your posts before this but until today I didn’t know it was YOU!! I guess I was out of the loop for a while there but now I’m back and so happy to know where to find you.
Hey Ya!
I thought I’d had left a trail of fairly big bread crumbs!
Understandable about the loop, you did just get back from 3 months in NZ…still so jealous.
I am just as happy you found me…yay!
Actually its 13 yrs, 2 kids, 8 cats, a DOG, a fish, 2 trial separations 3 rentals, a mortgage, 2 cottage adventures, 4 cars, 3 major career interruptions (read layoffs), 2 proprietorship businesses, and a large number of blown up dreams/plans.
Talk about beating the odds :-O AND you still want to stick with me to boot.
Love ya. Happy Anniversary…back to camping now. Then maybe we can get back to log cabin building.
Well, I didn’t want to air ALL our dirty laundry…but there you have it.
And the sex has never been better, I think that belongs somewhere on our list of acknowledgements.
I realized after I wrote that last post that I forgot to congratulate you…. Happy Anniversary! I love listening (reading?) to you guys banter back and forth in the comments on your blog. It’s clear that you guys are more than married–you’re the best of friends, too. At least that’s how it looks from here.
Congrats!
Thanks Colleen.
Yup, I’d say we’re best friends…but that might be by default…so few other people actually like us…hehehe.