2nd Wedding Anniversary

September 20th marks two years of being married to my lovely wife Kim. She is my partner in crime, the ying to my yang, the awe in my awesome. Seems a lot of people of our generation are pushing marriage back further and further. With divorce rates over 50%, it’s now more likely people will be divorced than stick it out on their marriage. I think it’s a sign of this “me” generation, possibly a sign of the state of America in general. Granted, this country allows us freedom to act and live as if you are married without actually having to legally and publicly commit yourself to your partner. Some people are not allowed to get married and commit themselves publicly and legally to their partner, no matter how much they’d like to. While it’s not my intention to dive into heavy political topic, I think we’d be better served as a country focusing our efforts on making it more difficult to get divorced instead of more difficult to get married.

Marrying Kim has been the most rewarding decision I have made. The commitment to each other has allowed our lives to grow together as one. Instead of two people living together, we are a couple living as one. There are aspects of our lives we are able to cope with that I feel is a direct result of our commitment to spend our lives together. If you weren’t committed for the long haul, I would think it difficult to be motivated to take on the challenges. It would be easier to ignore problems instead of deal with them, move on and grow as people. Whether it’s a large challenges like coping with a loss, work and career struggles or issues of personal motivation and growth; or it’s small annoyances like the fact that I cannot seem to close dresser drawers with a rate of success that would pass a college exam. When you have committed your life to someone, you are motivated to ask the difficult questions and help your mate grow. You are also able to simply get over some of the small stuff because in the view of an entire life together closing dresser drawers is really a minuscule issue. Yes, I try and close the drawers, and it’ll probably annoy Kim forever but it’s not something she is going to leave me for (I hope.)

So today, I celebrate you my love. Thank you for being so patient with me. I will work every day to make sure you are happy, you feel loved and you know you are beautiful.

Here are some of last years highlights: