A Matter of Choice

On our wedding day Aaron gave an awesome speech , one we can both remember pretty much word for word even now.  It was written in rhyme and definitely one of the highlights of the day.   Since then he has written several other rhymes over the years, usually writing them on facebook for me to wake up to, including this one on our 10th anniversar y and this one on our 14th .  On our 13th anniversary Aaron wrote this.. It's that time of year again when I break into into a poem in honour of my wedding speech so here goes.... So it's now 13 years that you've been my wife and that is exactly one third of your life. But I'm going to be a little bit naughty and remind you again that your nearly 40. We were married in England which was colder and wetter, then we packed up to Cyprus where things got better and better. 2 great kids, our house and our job and a life in the sun away from the mob What more could you ask for i know your thinking, as we sit on the balcony and carry...

This year we celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary.  We celebrated on the day (back in August!)  with a child free night out in Protaras.  It didn't go quite to plan, for Aaron anyway but it was a good night out nonetheless.  The plan was dinner and drinks,  I had not long started Slimming World again but decided to try and stick as much as possible to plan with food, avoid beer and cocktails but not worry about how many vodka and diet cokes I was having!  We wandered up and down the strip for a bit, stopped for a couple of pre-dinner drinks and eventually decided on a restaurant (that I now cannot remember the name of), the meals came (two steaks both medium rare)  but Aaron's was not cooked properly and got sent back, twice,  so by the time he actually received an edible meal I had finished mine.  He then had gone off the idea of eating and so we headed back to the pub! After listening to a bit of the duo entertaining wh...

We don't usually 'do' cards in this house, so this morning I posted this to Aaron's facebook page.  I was however surprised (and  hugely outdone!)  by his lovely offering...... not just a photo but he'd gone much further than 'googling' a quote, he's written his own poem to mirror his wedding speech from 10 years ago.... It’s been 10 years now that you have been my wife and that is about a quarter of my life that we have spent together in wedded bliss even if at times it’s been hit and miss So 10 years ago I did my speech in rhyme and it seemed appropriate at this time that I should do another to honour an era in which some of our dreams have got nearer and nearer We've had 2 great kids and moved far away although we have done these things in our own special way  are we as happy today as the day we were wed the answer is yes if the truth be said So even after 10 long years  of sharing all our hopes and fears...

Today Aaron and I celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary.  Well I say celebrate.... we'll have a couple of drinks on the balcony, maybe we'll turn the laptops off and maybe I'll even cook a nice dinner. It might not be a huge celebration but hopefully an improvement on some previous ones - last year being 5 days away from giving birth, year before I passed out in a restaurant in Agia Napa  (I feel the need to point out I was  ill and NOT drunk!) and on our 1st anniversary I had food poisoning in Prague, we've had some pleasant ones in-between though!

Today Aaron and I celebrate our 8th Wedding anniversary! I've written about the day many times before here on my blog,  from my story of the day ,  to the moment where I realised 'today was the day'  so this year I'm celebrating here with some of my favourite photos along with the verse my Dad read out during the ceremony... SOMETHING  TO  REMEMBER  ON  YOUR WEDDING  DAY  AND  FOREVER   WE ARE NOT MEANT TO GO THROUGH LIFE ALONE. WE NEED A PARTNER WHO WILL FOREVER REMAIN BY OUR SIDE – SOMEONE TO LEAN ON AT TIMES, REMEMBERING, AS WELL, THAT WE WILL BE LEANED ON, TOO; SOMEONE TO SHARE OUR JOY AND HOLD US IN SORROW. UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE DIFFICULT TIMES AND DOUBT MAY CLOUD YOUR LIVES. IT IS THEN THAT YOU MUST TRUST EACH OTHER THE MOST AND BELIEVE THAT LOVE WILL SUSTAIN YOU. DO NOT GIVE UP EASILY; FIGHT FOR WHAT IS MOST PRECIOUS – YOUR MARRIAGE. HELP IT SURVIVE BY NURTURIN...