Five Years Ago

I remember what I was doing five years ago today. Some things today were just the same as they were five years ago. Today I danced along side my friend Abbie and later spent some time dancing with some kids. Five years ago, exact same thing. Five years ago today I ate at a restaurant with my parents. Today, I was out at a restaurant again with my parents. Today I am madly in love with Greg. Five years ago I was madly in love with him, so much so that five years ago today I married him.

But, how things change. Five years ago today I stood holding hands with Greg while all our friends and family prayed for our happiness and love to grow. Today I attended a fundraiser where I joined hands with strangers and prayed for a woman who needs the cancer in her to cease growing. (Also did some dancing with Abbie at this fundraiser.) Five years ago I squeezed Greg's hands a little tighter during our wedding ceremony when the pastor prayed for long, happy lives together surrounded by children. Today I was with my children - tickling them, running in the yard with them, dancing on the porch with them, spraying them with the hose - squeezing them tightly because every minute of every day I am so happy to have them in my life.

On the day that I got married, it rained. It wasn't a horrible downpour, just that annoying sprinkling that lasts all day and makes the sky rather gray and ugly. Today the temperature was in the 80's with never ending sunshine. And although the day five years ago was not as warm as it was today, I recall being so hot that during the wedding reception I hiked my long dress up to my knees underneath the dining table.

Five years ago today my mom instructed my brother that he needed to decorate Greg's car. My brother hadn't brought anything to decorate it with so he ended up purchasing a bunch of icing from the restaurant which he used to write on the windows of Greg's car such things as "Just Married" and "Sex".

Today, Greg's car is not here. Greg is not here either. His sister graduated from college today (yay!) and he went to celebrate her achievement. Even though we are apart, we still sent each other text messages all day long. I still went to dinner with my parents to celebrate, even though he wasn't there... which seems rather silly but it was a free meal! So...

Happy Anniversary to us!

(Hmm... I really feel like I should write something really meaningful or sentimental now but I can't think of anything that won't sound disgustingly warm and fuzzy so I'll just stop and post a picture...)

(Just discovered that I don't have any of our wedding pictures on flickr. There are honeymoon pictures, but no wedding pictures. Off to find a wedding picture that I can upload somewhere and then post...)

(Okay, found one of just me, but not one of us both, which I suppose is perfectly fitting since right now it is just me, and not me and Greg together. Oh, and I really hated my hair on my wedding day and have since stopped seeing that horrible stylist. Oh, and because I didn't use flickr and didn't bother to resize the pictures before uploading them, they are huge. Deal with it.)



(Okay... back in business...)

I now pronounce you man and wife!


Yay! We are married!


And here I am shortly after dancing with Abbie, talking to Abbie


And here we are enjoying our honeymoon.


Oops! Wrong picture! Okay... HERE we are, enjoying our honeymoon!