06.16.07
Five Years
The traditional gift is wood. Heh, heh.
I don’t think I could have packed up Mom’s place and pushed through all the needed arrangements without him, his strength and love, and that amazing restorative embrace.
Every day I love him more and more which seems impossible–there must be some sort of inverse law of love and loss.
When you lose someone, you can’t imagine it will ever stop hurting or that incredible squeezing grip in your chest will ever let up. But it eases, even if gradually, and even if it comes back even stronger some days, that easing is something which seemed impossible.
And when I knew with Nick, we knew and it was like a lightness of being loved absolutely and it felt like there couldn’t be anyone luckier or happier, and as clichéd as it may be, with a heart more bursting. But it just gets bigger and bigger, how can that be possible? It’s not like Nick gets sexier and sexier every day.
Oh wait, yes he does.
loriz said,
June 17, 2007 at 6:05 am
Congrats! We’re three years behind you too, but I too feel like the love gets stronger with time.
Terri said,
June 17, 2007 at 7:28 am
happy anniversary - the big fella and I are creeping up on 19 years of wedded bliss and it’s like you say - love ‘em more each day (even when he annoys the hell outta me!)
Ande said,
June 17, 2007 at 8:55 am
It’s awesome, isn’t it? Congrats!
Mary-Kay said,
June 17, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Hap, hap, happy anniversary! Woo - 5 years. Wood. Now, that’s funny. I’ve never known a couple as in love as you two. Well, except my parents. They, are on a different level than most. I think after 45 years you’ll be just like them….. Congratulations!
Hilari said,
June 17, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Could ya’ll PLEASE stop being so DANG cute for, like, 45 seconds already? It’s making me woozy.
Oh, and happy anniversary. May you get all the wood you want and more!
Amy Boogie said,
June 18, 2007 at 4:00 am
Awwww. Happy Anniversary. I hope your day was filled with lots of wood.
Vera said,
June 18, 2007 at 5:31 am
Happy Anniversary. It’s so wonderful to find love in this world, and it’s wonderful that you have him in after your mother’s passing.
I’ll skip the wood jokes
LoriO said,
June 18, 2007 at 6:21 am
You guys are just too darn cute! Happy Anniversary! And here’s to many more… *lifts glass, sips*
June said,
June 18, 2007 at 6:25 am
You guys are some of the Lucky Ones! Congratulations!
may said,
June 18, 2007 at 8:55 am
aww, you guys are lucky indeed. congrats!!
La said,
June 18, 2007 at 8:56 am
Happy Anniversary! The DH and I celebrate our 6th next Sunday. Isn’t it awesome to have such a great guy? Isn’t even more awesome that they have such perfect women?
Wood….hehehehe
Dawn ;) said,
June 18, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Congrats! Such loveliness can’t be legal, or can it?! May you two have many more wonderful years of married bliss.
Btw, if wood is the gift ~ whatcha get? ;D
ps ~ package flying the coop tomorrow.
Cristina said,
June 20, 2007 at 11:53 am
Congrats! We’ve only got a few months to until I have to give Peter some wood too
Of course, he was “Wood” until we got married which is ironic…