Today, Matt and I celebrate our “Lucky 7” Anniversary (though we won’t be doing much out of the ordinary to celebrate, as we already went out for our anniversary about a week and a half ago). In honor of the day, I thought I’d share 7 little facts about us: 1) We met in high …
I am the first to recognize that I am unbelievably fortunate in my choice of spouse–not only is Matt uncommonly in tune with the needs of other people, dashingly good-looking, and truly “one of the greats,” but he also sees eye to eye (or close enough) with me on virtually almost every important issue that …
Before becoming a parent, I was totally behind the idea that sometimes, you just need to get away from your troubles for awhile to sort of hit the “refresh” button on your life. And Matt and I were fairly good at taking those breaks—we usually took a vacation together over spring break, we (okay, …
The first year we were married, we rented our first apartment together, I graduated from college, we both suffered through the worst jobs we’ve ever had, and we finished our first (and maybe last) marathon together, hand in hand. The second year we were married, I landed my first teaching job, we went on an …
Ask my family or friends or any of my ex-boyfriends and they’ll confirm it— I dated quite a lot in my not-quite-a-decade-long dating career. This means that I always have a plethora of highly entertaining material if the conversation lulls and the group at large just needs a fabulously awful train wreck of a story …
When I was still young and single and slowly wising up about the Truths of Life, I stumbled across a life-changing personal revelation after pondering whether or not I should break up with my then-boyfriend. My thought process went something like the following: There isn’t really anything wrong with [Boyfriend]. There’s not really anything seriously …
Marriage always requires taking a risk because no matter how well you think you know someone or how long you date someone, only time and experience and the experience of a shared life will expose someone’s true character to you. Lucky for me, Matt is good and honest and true down to his core, and …
I’ve decided that either A) it’s hard to plan a surprise for your spouse (in general), or (B) I’m not very good at planning surprises, because it has taken me almost four and a half years to successfully plan a big surprise for Matt. Sure, I’ve planned some small little treats as surprises (like picking …
