Well, another year is in the books\u2026 Cinco de Mayo, yesterday, was a big day, but today is even bigger \u2014 anniversary day. A lot of anniversaries have certain themes, or symbols associated with them, like the 25th is silver, the 50th is gold, etc. But this year is number 48 for us, and I couldn\u2019t find anything that indicated that it was \u201cspecial\u201d enough to have a theme or symbol of its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It seems like 48 should<\/em> be special \u2014 like more special than, say, 45 that has Sapphire as a symbol. But it doesn\u2019t \u2014 48 is just \u201c48.\u201d But as of today, we\u2019ve been married for 17,520 days or 420,480 hours or 25,288,800 minutes, or more than 1,513 million seconds \u2014 give or take a few\u2026. and over those 48 years, we\u2019ve spent about 15 of them sleeping and 2\u00bd years eating. In the time left over we\u2019ve been working on becoming that adorable couple that makes all our friends sick. I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve gotten there yet, but we\u2019re working on it. So even if it doesn\u2019t get a special symbol or theme \u2014 it\u2019s special. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve been trying to figure out what I should say to Claire on this \u201cspecial\u201d day. I suppose I could say, you\u2019re the best, or you\u2019re my favorite, or every day I\u2019m still discovering new things about you to love, or marrying you was the smartest thing I ever did or you\u2019re an amazing wife, or you\u2019re more beautiful now than ever or I\u2019m so lucky to have you \u2014 all nice sounding words, and all true. But I guess the best thing to say, and I think\/hope I do it every day, is I love you<\/em>! We don\u2019t need themes or symbols, and it doesn\u2019t matter what number you attach to it \u2014 it was the best year yet\u2026 I think maybe my favorite author, Dr. Seuss, summed it up best \u2014 \u201cYou know you are in love when you don\u2019t want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.\u201d Well, another year is in the books\u2026 Cinco de Mayo, yesterday, was a big day, but today is even bigger \u2014 anniversary day. A lot of anniversaries have certain themes, or symbols associated with them, like the 25th is silver, … Continue reading
So we\u2019ve chalked up another year that Claire has made me laugh, and appreciate her more than I did last year. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As today\u2019s popular saying goes\u2026 and we\u2019re still in this together.
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