18 Years

Our 18th wedding anniversary is today. 

The best thing I ever did was marry the man I did.
And I really really mean that.  
The best, smartest decision I ever made-which astounds me because I was pretty young, and not very experienced at making good decisions. 

But this post is not about me, or us.

It's about saying
thank you.

To our parents, through their example...

...showed us how to be married.  

And their parents, who set the example for them.

Who said their vows before we did and then lived them daily for decades and decades.

To have and to hold 

from this day forward,

For better for worse,

for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health,

until death do us part.

They all raised many, many children, with joy.  No doubt chaos, stress, worry, buy joy overriding it all.

There is no doubt they all worked hard at their marriages, 

and found ways to grow and change together-not apart.

Thank you for showing us the way.