Us my love, just us.

I find it a bit odd that the day before our wedding anniversary we are "apart" for 6 hours.  29 years of marriage and dealing with "apart" is something that requires effort.  That's a good and bad thing I guess.  But while you were away I got to do this.

I started thinking about the brevity of our actual wedding ceremony.  The fact that in essence, while the hick judge is a great story, the whole event is kind of representative of our relationship to be.  That the event itself was really just a moment we shared together, that no one really knew was happening, that we didn't announce to the world, and that our witnesses were random strangers is almost a sign of how our life would be together.

That we left the courthouse and went to the zoo - again just the two of us - and walked around as a celebration.  That we didn't rush home and call our parents or that we really didn't even let them in on our nuptials.  Is again just a sign of how things were to be in "Jim and Tracy" world.

Our wedding became just another of a zillion moments that we have shared together.  And really by together I mean just the two of us.  A lifetime together of thinking about how each moment affected each of us. About how we would together remember the moments.  It was, as the past 29 years have been, just about us.

I love Us.  I really do.  It's amazing how close we are.  How important we are to each other.  How in love we are every day.

We have perfected Us.  A relationship so centered around two people.  How we make each other feel.  How safe we are together.  How secretly romantic every move we make is together.  I don't really think even we understand how "sweet" what we have is together.  Not goofy sweet, but genuine sweet.  Like a childlike crush that goes on and on.  A puppy love that never grows up.  A prom date that looks that beautiful every day.  A true showing of love.

Us is silly and fun.  It laughs and makes jokes.  Ever stop to think about how many inside jokes we have?  How many things that we say just because we know it will make the other one smile?  Or laugh inside.  Or give the other a "look" across a room of people?  You are away now and I know I could text you 3-4 things that would make you smile.  Remember the time you were at the baby shower?  And at the same time, we texted each other the lyric from "Dig"?  The exact same lyric?  Or when we both guess the same "M" book title?

Us is an amazing success story.  Look at where we are right now.  How we are rewarded for believing in each other.  For completely trusting one another to make sure everything is ok and will be ok.  We have managed to defeat every obstacle in our way.  We slew dragons and fought the fires.  We became super-heroes together.  All because two people understand how important they can be to each other and how "we'll always have each other.  When everything else is gone".

Us has blessed so many.  I really hope that all of the young people who have been around us realize just how good we are at being Us.  How easy it can be and how rewarding it will always be for them.  I hope they see us hold hands at the right time.  I hope the see how we support each other no matter what.  I hope they see that we love each because we actually love each other and not because it was the enxt thing to do in life.  We give lots of stuff, but I really hope this is how they see us.  I can only hope that we have taught them how to be truly happy together.

So today we celebrate us.  With a big fancy dinner.  Flowers.  Some sleeping in each other's arms.  So kissing.  Some treating ourselves to our special day.

Becuase on March 26th, we will wake up even happier.  It will still be our special day.  Because as always, it will be all about Us.  But for today, Happy Anniversary my love.  29 years.  Best decision ever.

You're the world to me.  I love you more than anything in the world.