Today is our sixth wedding anniversary, and in some ways it feels like we’ve lived a lifetime in these few years.
Photo by phunkstarr via Flickr
- Unemployment to employment to self-employment
- House in the ‘burbs to townhouse in the city
- East Coast to West Coast
- Debt to prosperity and consumerism to frugality
- Corporate climbers to full-time travelers
In other ways, I feel like we are just starting to get to know each other and create a future together. In fact, after we move out of our house on May 18 we’ll be navigating entirely new territory for both of us.
- Renting a room instead of owning a home
- Living with only the possessions we can fit in a backpack
- Adjusting to life with more play but less pay
- Learning to share the same space 24/7 without killing each other
- Saying goodbye to our friends, family and pets as we depart on October 1
The anniversary websites say that iron is the modern gift for couples at the 6-year mark. It made me smile when I saw it because I think we’ve already developed a pretty strong bond throughout these past 6 years, and most definitely in the last 2.
I hope we always have this strong history of accomplishments alongside a freshness that comes from exploring new things and adventuring together. I can’t think of a better way to spend a life, can you?
(Happy Anniversary, Warren. I love you.)
About Betsy
Bummer. This tech-challenged person went to get her gravatar and my whole comment disappeared!
That image is hysterical. Looks a lot like the stray cat we just adopted—glaring expression and all.
Wanted to say that I think it’s the exciting the journey the two of you are taking: discovering new parts of yourselves and things you don’t yet know about each other. To Bob and me, you are truly heroes.
I think that iron is the perfect symbol for your anniversary at this point in your marriage. You set your goals and you made decisions and some of those decisions must have been hard ones. But you persevered, with “iron wills.”
Wishing you two the very best anniversary you have ever had. And give Warren our love, too.
Judy
Happy Anniversary! I love you BOTH!
Congratulations to two of my VERY favorite people!