today is joy and my 5th wedding anniversary. yeah ironic that we marry on independence day (we’ve heard it enough ). depending on another however is underrated, and i suggest that others try it. :) God is good; i’m still as in love with my wife as i was when we first met (as if somehow i shouldn’t be) — i guess what has helped the most is that we’ve always been pretty “real” about how things went. It wasn’t a movie kind of romance, but it also wasn’t just nothing. Our union was something God put together, and has played out like that. I’m content.
I’m very much a schmuck though, because of our particular cirumstances as of late, i really couldn’t do something “extra special” (in the way of buying anything), but she made for me the most lovely woodenesque mini-scrapbook. I can never think of stuff so neat to do…i’ve always been so poor in relationships when it comes to giving gifts to people. i’m very much a “pragmatist” in the respect that my “gift” is to just do good things for you in general–but i realize that just because it’s “my way” doesn’t mean it’s the best, in fact i know it’s not. There’s a time for “That Special Something”.
Here’s to at least 50 more years together on this planet :).
j.