No Anniversary Week is complete without a look back at the wedding blog: Our wedding in an Orlando country-western bar. Next week: San Francisco…
Well, here it is. Our seventh wedding anniversary. Time for a look back… Here’s what we looked like when we started dating: Because no picture post would be complete without a little embarrassment, here’s a picture from fairly early on in our relationship. We were at an outdoor concert at a local country club. I [...]
Last we talked, our young couple had moved past the co-conspiratorial stage in their relationship and had settled comfortably into their roles as “sibling-of-my-friend” and “friend-of-my-sibling.” Jesse, Becki, and I all took piano lessons from the same teacher. We had art class together. There were trips to the park and epic homeschooler boys-vs-girls battles on [...]
This week, our marriage will turn seven years old. It’s crazy to think we’re only three years away from our ten-year anniversary. Are we that old? Other numbers of note: Jesse and I have been together for eleven years. We’ve known each other for about twenty. Need a picture? Here I am, around the age [...]
Today, I’m remembering: Being newlyweds in Key West in the summer, the heat powerful and perfect, afternoon naps in a papaya-colored room. I remember eating Mexican food outside about an hour before sunset, music playing in a language I don’t understand, the sun winking just over a brown fence, behind a large ficus tree. Rain [...]
