Next week at this time we will have been married for 21 years. How amazing. 21 years together. 21 years of all the things that make us such a “special” couple.
I can’t imagine how my life could have worked out any better. Our marriage was really the first step in the best part of my life. The best part of our lives. But since this isn’t our anniversary week just yet and this won’t be the anniversary blog entry, I figured I would address once and for all the this issue of the time before we got married.
We didn’t really date all that long. We had a short courting starting in June, a “break”, the “get back together” and finally the transition from our engagement to our wedding.
I don’t really know if I can tell you how amazing our first date was together. In all honesty I have been on a total of two real dates in my life. Once with some girl that worked with me at Target (set up by my Dad believe it or not) and the date with you. And since the first one involved my father and his girlfriend, I really have only had the one “date” with you.
While you may or may not believe it – our first date had all the elements that a real first date should contain. I picked you up at home. You were dressed amazing. We had dinner, went “out” and finished it with a traditional “dropped off at the door” first kiss. It was perfect.
That date (more likely that kiss) then started more regular dating. Traditional things like movies, dinners and just hanging out together. We even did the “babysitting” thing once together for the boys.
Now I know that you don’t really give me credit for how I felt about you and how I treated you during that time. You likely shouldn’t because of the terrible thing I did to you when we broke up. However, you should know that I knew all along that you were “the one”. I may have thought I had real feelings for other girls before you, but none of them made me feel like you did then and still do to this day.
Trust me that every time I made the long trek to South Arlington I had an anxious feeling. A feeling of excitement. I looked forward to seeing you all day. I was disappointed when we didn’t see each other. You gave me that “butterflies in my stomach” feeling. You were special to me then and you remain that way over 21 years later.
I guess it really was love at first sight. A true fairy tale of sorts. A romantic 80’s movie with a story book ending. Even though we split up for a time – I knew that you were the one for me. And even though I acted like I had moved on – I hadn’t. Somehow I knew that we would get back together. And we did.
So while our marriage has been a true love story, our dating was too. It had a “difficult” time in the middle, but it all worked out.
Our lives together have been perfect my love. They have been since day one. And while you may not believe and I may not have actually known it at the time. I have loved you since the moment I first saw you. I know what true love feels like – and I can tell you I felt it then.
Next week we celebrate 21 years of marriage. This week I am celebrating more than 21 years of being in love with you.
You’re the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.
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