Six Years!

That's right...yesterday marked the six year anniversary of our marriage! Man oh man, that's a respectable number. No longer newlyweds by anyone's definition, we're in it for the long haul!

And what a day it was! Since the actual date of our marriage I think I've worked every year, except last year. When I was at Empire it was almost always one of our busiest weekend days, or else it fell during the week of our super busy end-of-grad-season push. This year it fell on the last day of our parish festival, when I work the little kids' games with the confirmation students.

But, it is what it is. When I got home Randy had already chilled the bottle of white wine we had purchased in Italy on our honeymoon and we ordered in delicious Italian food and, with one baby in my arms and another rolling around on the floor we had a wonderful dinner to sit and talk with one another.

Admittedly I went to bed five minutes after the girls, so we didn't watch our customary movie, but I was sick, sunburned, mildly buzzed, and mother of almost-six-month-old twins, so by 9 p.m. I was passed out in bed. Not the most romantic ending to the day, but that's ok.

Randy and I have been told several times by several married couples that the 'newlywed glow' will burn out, but I don't think we've gotten there yet. I used to think all those cards, songs, people who said their husband was their best friend were lame, but he is. We have so much fun picking on each other, making fun of each other, hanging out, and yet we do our own things, too, and everything works out.

We still have the occasional fight. I'd say maybe 1-3/year that are actual fights. And they're not yelling fights, just one of us takes an oppositional stand on an issue and refuses to budge. But even then we never go to bed angry. I think maybe once in our entire marriage have we've done that. No, I'm still blissfully happy and wildly in love with him.

We both talk about one another constantly to other people; probably to the point where it annoys other people. Ah well. I respect him tremendously and think he's brilliant and smart, and handsome, and kind, and a good dad, and very thoughtful and just all around wonderful. I'm so glad we have each other.

And even though some anniversaries will be spent at swim meets with the kids, like my friend Sue did for her anniversary, I know we will always take time to acknowledge one another and our commitment to one another.