On our first wedding anniversary, we bought each other expensive, frivolous gifts and went out to eat at a restaurant we couldn't afford in fancy clothes we borrowed.
On our fifth anniversary we attended the ballet.
On our tenth we splurged for a night in a fancy hotel.
On our fifteenth we were in a marriage crisis and barely smiled.
On our twentieth we told God thank you for the miracle of saving our family, bought each other expensive, frivolous gifts and went out to eat at a restaurant we couldn't afford in fancy clothes that we should have borrowed but didn't.
Friday we celebrated our twenty-second anniversary. By now we have actually had a chance to experience all those things you say in your vows. We have had and held from that day forward for better and for worse. We have been through sickness and health. We did richer and poorer. And then much poorer. We were clumsy about it, and we took a crooked path to get where we are.
To celebrate I bought my husband a wok the size of a bathtub because we regularly cook for a small army of teenagers. He bought me a DVD player because our dog ate the remote to our last one. We went out to eat at an affordable restaurant and returned home to find our house full of teenagers who wanted to join us in watching the romantic movie we rented.
Just when I thought it couldn't get better, Mike handed me a beautiful and sentimental card that sent love ripples through my heart.
Perfect.
On our fifth anniversary we attended the ballet.
On our tenth we splurged for a night in a fancy hotel.
On our fifteenth we were in a marriage crisis and barely smiled.
On our twentieth we told God thank you for the miracle of saving our family, bought each other expensive, frivolous gifts and went out to eat at a restaurant we couldn't afford in fancy clothes that we should have borrowed but didn't.
Friday we celebrated our twenty-second anniversary. By now we have actually had a chance to experience all those things you say in your vows. We have had and held from that day forward for better and for worse. We have been through sickness and health. We did richer and poorer. And then much poorer. We were clumsy about it, and we took a crooked path to get where we are.
To celebrate I bought my husband a wok the size of a bathtub because we regularly cook for a small army of teenagers. He bought me a DVD player because our dog ate the remote to our last one. We went out to eat at an affordable restaurant and returned home to find our house full of teenagers who wanted to join us in watching the romantic movie we rented.
Just when I thought it couldn't get better, Mike handed me a beautiful and sentimental card that sent love ripples through my heart.
Perfect.
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