Today is our 15th Engage-O-Versary.
Fifteen years ago on Martin Luther King Day (I choose the holiday and not the actual date), I wrote Bryce a letter and we made a yummy fancy dinner and I sweated profusely while he read my letter that was a treatise on why we should get married.
He said yes, thank goodness! (Bryce asked how I remember this date, and I think it's partially because I'm the one who proposed.)
We went out tonight for German food and had a little celebration. No presents, just a night out to commemorate the day.
I think it's important to celebrate the days, big and small. We don't do anything huge, but it's a milestone -- just like June 6th will be our Bench-O-Versary, 18 years since our first date which started with coffee and in the middle resulted in smooching on a bench in a cute neighborhood. Our relationship can vote this summer!
When you don't have kids, there aren't as many milestones and markers for time. There are fewer celebratory moments in theory, but I reject that. Find all the celebration and markers possible. It can be relationship-oriented, or job-oriented (this June I get my 15 years of service recognition from my district, that will be worth celebrating!), or personal goal related (like taking up a new hobby or cooking something new). Doesn't have to be big.
I love that on this cold, dark, dreary day in January there's something to celebrate.
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Happy 15th Engage-O-Versary! :)
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point about finding all of the milestones and time markers we can and celebrating them. So... In April it will be my 5 year Quiltaversary, haha. Time flies!!
Thank you!
DeleteI love Quiltaversary! Wow, 5 years. That's awesome, and totally worth celebrating!
Congratulations! Yes, celebrate all the little things. Or even, nothing at all! I love your smoochoversary too.
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteOops - and what I meant to say before rashly hitting "Publish" was I hope you celebrate it by finding benches all sorts of random places on which to smooch. ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, that is a BRILLIANT idea. We usually go visit the original bench if we can, but I think we should find many benches!
DeleteCheers to the 15th anniversary of your betrothal! To a courageous Jess and smart Bryce :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd I share Mali's hope. xo
Thank you thank you! I'm glad the letter did it. And it was a first -- we were second marriage people, but I'd never proposed and he'd never been proposed to, so FRESH AND NEW. :)
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