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Saturday, August 13, 2005Celebrating the Love of my LifeToday is our seventeenth wedding anniversary. To this day, I don't know what possessed us to choose August for our wedding month. Even in Pennsylvania, where we were married, it's a hot and muggy time of the year. We were married in a stone, Gothic chapel that was built in the 30's. And silly us -- we thought that the stone would keep the building COOL. Actually, it heated up like a pizza oven. I can still remember the sensation of sweat running down between my shoulder blades. And all those hot, itchy layers of bridal clothing. That didn't sound very romantic, did it? Just last night, though, Eric was reminding me how excited he was when he got his first glimpse of me coming down the aisle. The only thing that has eclipsed that over the years, he said, is the birth of our children. I can't argue with that. Still, I wish I had warm memories of having been a svelte, stylish, elegant bride, instead of a fluffy, boufed-hair, chipmunk-cheeked 80's bride with a "pouf" veil. I cringe when I look at wedding photos. A wedding is a mere event, though. It's the marriage that really means something. And despite the rocks-and-bumps bit, I am divinely happy sharing life with my soulmate. And guess what? We're getting a free dinner tonight at our favorite restaurant! Something to do with a business "thank you" and someone who knows the restaurant owner. And it just so happens to be our favorite restaurant (and too expensive for us to go there lately). All we have to pay for is the alcohol, and I never have more than one glass of wine (never -- I'm serious). What a cheap date! So I'll be going on a cheap date with the most wonderful man I know. I hope your Saturday sparkles, too! |
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I am: Mother to five stunningly individualistic children... Writer of young adult fantasy... Passionate advocate for Women At Home... Madly in love with my husband... In need of Organic Gourmet Chocolate on a regular basis. I've got a Paypal account if you'd like to contribute to the cause....
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3of my readers are feeling chatty:
OH you have got to LOVE Those Cheap dates, With the love of your Life on the Most Special of days celebrating the bond between you!
Enjoy! you both Deserve it!
Oh hooray! Was going to ask what you were doing, I should learn to check these first. ;)
You should add the picture of you in your wedding gown from your last anniversary, with the little ones all around you - that was too sweet! :)
OH OH i agree you should post that picture that was so great!
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