1 Year Musings - Cheesy Barfy Love Cheese

Yesterday was my 1 year wedding anniversary.

That statement, in and of itself, is kind of flabbergasting to me. Although, I think I’ve finally come to terms with or have wrapped my head around being a “married” lady, being a “wife”, and being a partner in crime to someone wholly and lawfully… in mind, body, and spirit... and every other sense of the word (all that mumbo jumbo).

The last year has flown by and our wedding day feels like it was just yesterday, but at the same time, like it was a gajillion years ago, an oxymoron-ical situation I realize. But nonetheless it rings true. It brings me back to that quote/saying “The days are long, but the years are short” or Adele’s “You know how the time flies, only yesterday was the time of our lives”. And in that sense, I try to appreciate every day for what it’s worth, good and bad, because before you know it, it’s over and onto the next and next and so on and so forth, until all the days roll up into a big blur of 365. I’ve think I’ve had many “times of my life” in my past, and perhaps there are many periods in life that can be described that way. But this new-and-exciting-on-the-cusp-newlywed-figuring-it-all-out time, I want to acknowledge it as the "time of my life" NOW, not in retrospect, I want to realize and revel in the specialness and sacred fleeting moments.

We have been through a lot in the past year and have done a lot of growing as a couple, a married couple, and also as two well-defined, unique individuals in the context of our new conjoined existence. There is definitely a learning curve in adjusting to this thing called marriage. And sometimes it’s sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows lalalalaaaaaaaaa… and sometimes it’s not. But it’s a blessed journey, a sweet crusade through and through (blog title reference ahem ahem). 

I’m surprised by how much of a natural progression it was into our current state, like everything is as it always should have been, and always should continue to be, forevermore. I’m sure anyone who has been married for many many years would guffaw at me saying that I feel like we’ve hit a stride and have been doing this for awhile, but I do. We’re good at going with the flow and taking things as they come, and we are great friends, the best, which will serve us well in the future ups and downs, dips and curves, highs and lows. But more so, I just feel like we “fit”, or like marriage “fits” us. All in all, it’s been relatively smooth sailing in this first year and I consider myself a lucky gal, living and experiencing the “time of my life” with the love of my life, loving and being loved.

Cheesy barfy love cheese. 

Oh and just to add to the cheese, the photo is our new tradition - every year take a photo in the same place (our backyard) holding our fingers up in the number of the anniversary year, so we can see how old and fat we get! Here we have "Year One", yay!

All in all, I try to always remember what our ring bowl was engraved with – “Believe in love, because love is everything”.