Thursday, September 22, 2011

11 years ago today, we got married. on the porch. with gala, our great dane as the ring bearer. and our family gathered around. i had heard there was a minister who lived in our neighborhood, so i knocked on doors until i found her, and she officiated. our mothers were our witnesses. i wore a skirt that my friend across the street made for me a few days before. and i wore a blouse that my dear friend andjelina found for me an hour or so before the wedding.....i didn't like the shirt i'd planned so she ran out and bought me 10 to choose from. although we only set the date 2 weeks before, all tom's siblings came, even his brother from california, my lovely friend sabina came from vancouver and my aunt came from baltimore. all our living grandparents (3 grandmothers and 1 grandfather)were there. everyone dear to us gathered and made it the most special and simple and lovely day. my mother and aunt picked queen anne's lace for my bouquet and filled the porch with wheat and sunflowers. it was a sunny and warm day. everything just fell marvelously into place with no stress or worry. we were getting married, how could it go wrong. and then everyone wandered around the corner to the neighborhood pub where all our friends filled the place for the night. truly magical!
and now 11 years later we've learned so much. it feels like there was no life before we had each other, and yet the wedding feels like last week. lisa took this photo of us a couple weeks ago when she was here. we were tired and busy getting breakfast for everyone when she took it on a saturday morning, but happy and content like usual.

12 comments:

  1. Sounds like the most perfect wedding!

    Happy Anniversary!

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  2. thanks amanda.....if was effing awesome!!!
    (i loved your post yesterday)

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  3. you do look happy and content.
    what a wonderful day that must have been!
    you are just so lovely.
    i sitt here in Norway staring at your picture and smile : )

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  4. that is so sweet the way you did it, and even though it was all so last minute, it seems like all of those choices were perfect and sentimental, the best kind! love it! and congrats. celebrating right along side you!

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  5. Happy anniversary - you look so happy together and your wedding sounds like it was a day full of love & friendship - in other words perfect.

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  6. Happy Anniversary. I love your descriptions of your wedding. I know it was beautiful and perfect. It makes me so sad that I wasn't there. I hope my boys have informal, low stress weddings like yours. I miss you terribly!

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  7. Congratulations. What a beautiful photo of you both. xx

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  8. Happy Anniversary! What a perfect wedding story....and a perfect season to get married. We got married two years ago in October, in our barn, and OUR great dane, Frank was in his bow tie. :o)

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  9. thanks to all of you for the lovely comments and good wishes!

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  10. There is great content and love in both your eyes... Thank you for sharing such an intimate moment. My Hubby and I have been married for 13 years and are still every bit as in love as we were on our wedding day - and like you - we have have learnt much too. How blessed are we? Truly... to have a life companion is a marvellous thing!

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  11. HAppy anniversary! That sounds so wonderful, your wedding. It's also lovely to 'see' you - that made me smile and I even waved a little in your direction :-)

    x E.

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