Love.
I was (almost) 21 when we walked down the aisle,
seventeen years ago today.
Love was about romance and floaty organza dreaming.
It was young
and strong.
Love changes though.
It has many faces.
It matures.
Love can be about working together
celebrating the little things.
It can involve more than a couple.
It can become a family.
Love can be about holding the other person’s hand as they step into a new part of their life.
It can be about taking a deep breath and letting go.
Love can be about compromise
and digging in deep
and going with the ebb and flow of life.
Love is not perfect
and it can hurt
and it can be fragile.
Love can be about holding on to each other through the hardest of times.
Knowing that if you just hang on,
united,
you are stronger than if you stand alone.
Love is that
and more.
Love is having faith
that one day you will be that little old man
and that little old lady
walking together,
hand in hand
while all the young people watch wistfully
and hope that they will make it too.
Happy Anniversary, Davey.
Every year is new with possibility.
Awww. Happy anniversary to you and your Man, Tiff.xx
Beautiful ♥♥ Happy Anniversary guys ♥♥ love the last line …”Every year is new with possibility” may every day be also.
Have the happiest of days you two – Happy Anniversary to two of the strongest people i know. So happy for you. It will be 18 for Angel and I in November. Hope you get to go out and celebrate with or without kids. LOL
Barbara
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!!
Have a wonderful anniversary – and I hope not all of the transformations are forged through adversity!
Happy Anniversary, and here’s to many more! *hugs* x
Happy Anniversary!!!!
Happy Anniversary! By the way, you write so beautifully.
I hope this one is the happiest yet. Lots of love.
Happy anniversary to you both. Many more to come.
I love what you have written, so true, I hope you both have a beautiful day.
Happy anniversary, and in connection with that and thinking about your post from yesterday. Is it possible for you two to go away overnight — just the two of you? to have some time out? You mentioned “grief for what might have been” in your last post. I have been dealing with the on-going grief of “what might have been” for about the last 18 years, when I saw that the hopes and dreams I had for our son — and indeed, his own hopes and dreams — were going to be short-circuited by his autism spectrum disorder. Every once in a while it hits me like a ton of bricks. Unrequited grief is I think very much like unrequited love. Ya live with it, but it is hard.
Happy anniversary! I wish you 17 plus more!
Happy Anniversary. You should both be proud. You have weathered some mighty storms in your marriage, and still have this strong commitment and love. Many people separate and divorce during these type of events. You have grown stronger.
Love is so special. Beautiful words, and I love the photo too. God bless you, and may you have many more years together in love.
Happy Anniversary Tiff and Dave. Wishing you many many more…
Beautiful.
Happy Anniversary. You are both amazing.
Every word you’ve written is so very true. The first passionate love changes with each ongoing year and life’s continuing challenges but in the end, as you weather the storms & grow old together, the love you share will mean mutual support & contentment. Love is everything. xoxo
Happy Anniversary to you both. What a great day you got married on, our anniversary date is the 26th September . I wish you many more years together xxx
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” xxx
Thanks for making me smile.. it was the line about hoping to be old man and old woman together. My husband and I talk about that sometimes, we want matching rocking chairs =). So far we’ve managed to celebrate our 1st official year of marriage (after 8 years of living together). Love is a wonderful thing.
This is one of the most beautiful and important things I have ever read. Thank you.
You write so beautifully. Thank you for sharing a piece of your heart.