Oh, how the years go by....

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Five years. Five!! How can this be possible when it still seems like we got married yesterday? I guess this is a good sign & reflection of the health of our marriage, right?

I haven't touched most of the things from the wedding except for my jewelry, and just because I was feeling sentimental & mushy I decided to haul a fair amount of it out and put it on. Obviously this is not my wedding dress, that is well wrapped for another time... so now everyone gets to see me in my bridal underwear!



And the best thing?

I think I look better than I did on my wedding day, although I'm partial to this picture because it makes me look like I have a tan and we all know that isn't happening in February. I was not a healthy camper five years ago, and I wince to see how pale I was in pictures then due to reduced lung efficiency plus being all puffy from the steroid inhaler I had to use in order to breathe.



Which brings me to my beautiful family...

My husband had no idea when he promised to stand by my side for life whether I'd ever get better, or continue getting worse as I did for a while before remission (not cancer, sarcoidosis.. you know, what Bernie Mac just admitted having) in March 2001. It didn't matter. I had no idea he'd be unemployed for 15 months later on. That didn't matter. Neither of us had any idea we'd have a struggle against my whacked out hormones in order to welcome Kieran to our family. This didn't matter either.

These things and plenty more have been, are, and will always be met with us holding hands and facing forward to handle together with the foundation of our love all the beauty, all the sorrow, all the everything life brings our way. I am beyond blessed, fortunate and thankful for my wonderful soulmate.

For those who were there with us five years ago, somewhere along the way before or since, and all those with good thoughts... thank you. Relationships don't exist in a vacuum, and even if we don't see some of you all that often that does not mean we don't appreciate your presence in our lives.