Today my husband and I celebrate our 21st wedding anniversary. Twenty one great years as husband and wife, 5 wonderful kids and 5 different houses on two different continents.
I was lucky to have found someone special to have shared my life with from an early age. We have grown up together. (Although he is the older man three years my senior which at 16 was probably more than enough to freak my parents out.) I have been married to my husband for more than half of my life.
Our marriage has been a wonderful journey. And like any journey it has had it plateaus, peaks and valleys.
We have agreed and disagreed. We have fought and we have made peace. We have spoken calmly and we have yelled. We have spent time together and we have spent time separated by thousands of miles. We have read each others minds and we have been clueless about what the other was thinking. But no matter what, through it all, we have always loved each other.
Marriage is about constantly working at improving your relationship. It is about learning to appreciate things the other cares about. It is learning to take balance your own feelings with someone else’s. It is about mutual respect and it’s about communication. It is about growth and about love. Above all it is about true friendship.
Honey, it’s been a wonderful and exciting journey so far. I am looking forward to many more years of getting to know you better and better.
And if these pictures each taken before we met don’t prove that we were meant to be together, I don’t know what will. (Hope I am not in trouble now.)
Happy 21st Anniversary Hun! And I think you are romantic as well.
We don’t do romance here. Hubby is probably more so than I am. I like this because when we say we have found our soul mate people don’t believe it because they think the relationship is all about skipping through the fields and laughing. The reality is you go through tough times, you argue, but at the end of the day you are always there for each other.
That is so true. For me romance is the every day things. Though I am not averse to being surprised once in a while. đ
What a wonderful and inspiring post. I have been married to MAdDad 15 years and I agree that a good marriage takes work and comitment.
Well done and here to many many more
Thank you! And may you continue to go strong as well.
Happy Happy Anniversary to you both! That was one fun wedding. Where is a picture of your 20 peach bridesmaids?
You guys are amazing I dont know how you do it all!!!!!
LOL-don’t know if they would be ahppy for me to put those pics up on the internet….would have to get them to sign waivers first-lol-not sure they would agree.
Happy Anniversary to you (and hubby)!
Love the pics.
It’s true. I find for us going into our marraige under the understanding that I at least don’t believe in divorce means we understood there would be struggles but the struggles must be set aside for the relationship, not the relationship set aside for the struggles.
Thanks. It can be a struggle but like everything else worthwhile-worth the struggle.
Love those pictures especially the last two. Boy
what makeup can do??
Of course we wish you a “Happy Anniversary) and
many more happy years together. Carry on!!
Happy (belated) Anniversary!
Lovely uplifting post! I may pinch the idea & post one like it. It won’t be quite like yours as there have been waves but it does have a happy ending!
Every marriage has its waves, and hurricanes and tornadoes and mountains and valleys…..
Go ahead and post it-looking forward to reading it.
I think you’ve captured the very essence of a “real” long marriage. I laughed at the bit where you said sometimes you know what each other is thinking and sometimes have no clue: that is spot on.
So lovely your husband has a cheesy blue costume too!!
We have our 20th anniversary coming up in June: where has the time gone?
Happy Anniversary. I love the photos!
I really love your blog, it is always uplifting and inspirational x
Wow, never seen tassles like yours!! Hilarious. Happy Anniversary. x
Happy Anniversary to you and your hubby! I met my hubby when I was 17, he was 19 and am approaching being with him for half my life! đ
Congratulations! Here is to the next 21 years! đ