{"id":51296,"date":"2014-08-09T00:09:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T07:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=51296"},"modified":"2014-08-09T00:09:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T07:09:33","slug":"ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/51296","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tIt’s not every day that someone gets married. I mean, people get married every day, but for each individual, it doesn’t happen\u00a0often. In fact, most hope it only happens once. Ten years ago last weekend, I got married. For some moments, I can recount the details as though it was yesterday. For other moments, it feels like another lifetime ago. ‘Tis the roller coaster that’s life, right?<\/p>\n

There are, of course, a billion discussions on the topic of how to make it work, how to make it last, how to make it.\u00a0Please bear with me while I get a little sentimental. As I got ready that day 10 years ago, I wanted to defy the statistics. I wanted to be right about what I was about to do. But it really is anybody’s guess. How can you really know someone that<\/em> well to know you’ll be able to navigate life together for the rest of your life? You don’t know how life will change the one you’ve chosen, how they’ll handle\u00a0curve balls.\u00a0The odds are definitely against a couple who couple.<\/p>\n

I don’t have\u00a0ready answers for how to “make it work.” But I do know that 10 years ago, I was giddy. I couldn’t wait to walk down that aisle and whisper my handwritten vows.<\/p>\n

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The excitement and joy I felt and the crystal-clear feeling I had that all was soooo right in the world turned into an effort to keep from crying.<\/p>\n

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I mean, we were on top of the world, at the top of a wheat field, on the farm\u00a0I grew up on.<\/p>\n

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I felt pretty lucky about a lot that day.<\/p>\n

And here we sit, 10 years later. A dear family friend took our two girls to the lake for the weekend. We contemplated for months all the marvelous places we’d go to celebrate being childless. Then we decided that one of the things we never get to do is be on vacation in our lovely little hometown.<\/p>\n

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So… we stay-cationed it. We enjoyed our favorite dinners and frequented our fav breakfast nook. We even visited our little local bookstore hand-in-hand for his<\/em> copy of the Sunday New York Times<\/em> and my<\/em> copy of a good beach-y summer read.<\/p>\n

We took a few moments to remember that I am still loved and so is he. Rejuvenating, invigorating, inspiring, encouraging, to say the least.<\/p>\n

I’m sure that someone who has accomplished 20, 30, or 40 years can say “Get ready for the long haul.” But I’d like to say that the first<\/em> long haul that is 10 years has been worth it. And as long as most days, the pros outweigh the cons, celebrating a milestone with someone you love feels pretty awesome! I’m still feeling\u00a0lucky and\u00a0ready for the next long haul, especially if I get to share it with this guy.<\/p>\n

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