Anniversaries

Yesterday my husband and I celebrated seven years of marriage. Like any marriage, we’ve had our ups and downs, but I’d say in general they were mostly ups. We went out to dinner at the Trellis restaurant in Williamsburg, famous for its Death By Chocolate dessert. Yum. I swear, we were like giddy teenagers, handing our babies over to the hands of a fourteen-year-old while we scampered out the door. A night out! With no kids! Woo hoo! Never mind the fact that babysitting rates are tapping into their college education fund. They can both go ROTC, right?

You tend to appreciate dates a lot more, once you have rug rats around. I make a concerted effort NOT to discuss the kids when we go out on a date. It’s nice to reconnect as adults and not parents. We enjoyed beef tenderloin, a bottle of wine, roasted potatoes, seasonal salad with blueberries, and Chocolate Temptation for dessert. Loved it.

I met my husband on a blind date in college. We were best friends for a while and then it grew into a relationship from there, which in retrospect was the nicest thing that could have happened. We started dating in 1993 and were married in 1998 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame. And yes, I had a cathedral length veil and train because I wanted to be a Princess on my wedding day, dagnabbit. It was wonderful. Couldn’t have asked for a better day or better weather. We were stuck with a 9:30 a.m. wedding, but it actually worked out well because we had an afternoon reception and then we partied with family and friends that night after we changed back into casual clothes. At some evening receptions, by eleven o’clock I’m blinking my eyes in exhaustion.

Anyway, it leads me back to a question. What’s your favorite wedding memory, either yours or one you attended?