6 Years

Yesterday was our 6 year wedding anniversary. We went back to the island where we got married and reminisced about that joyous day. We thought about the holy covenant we made with one another and God. We talked about the ways God has used us to mold and sharpen one another in every way but, especially spiritually. As we reflected on our vows they took on renewed meaning, because we are living out "for better or worse, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer." Oliver's diagnosis (and all that comes with that) has definitely felt, at times, like...worse/sickness/poorer. This unexpected season of intensity has forged a new and precious intimacy between us that we treasure. It all got me thinking about this quote I love from Mike Mason from a recent CCC church bulletin-

"Marriage is a relationship far more engrossing than we want it to be. It always turns out to be more than we bargained for. It is disturbingly intense, disruptively involving, and that is exactly the way it was designed to be. It is supposed to be more, almost, than we can handle...For that is its very purpose: to get us out beyond our depth, out of the shallows of our own secure egocentricity and into the dangerous and unpredictable depths of a real interpersonal encounter. And that, incidentally, is also what true religion is supposed to do."

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In an effort to conserve resources we tried the, don't-spend-a-dime, anniversary this year. As a gift Andrew made me a newsletter that had me laughing out loud. He really is so clever but, you probably already knew that.

My favorite part was in the "In This Issue" section.

- Bizarre diapering accident

- Couponing carpel tunnel syndrome epidemic

-"I drove the wrong way @ pre-school drop off"

-My blog will beat up your blog

-Why I don't read "Humpty Dumpty" to my kid

-Yo Gabba Gabba/Da Vinci Code connection (Andrew made this up, I thought it was real- you know you did too!)

-Travelling overrated...until you can't anymore