“I would rather have
30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special”
Fifteen
years ago today Brian and I stood underneath a pergola topped with wisteria and
twinkle lights, surrounded by people that loved us and said our vows.
Since that day we've had two gorgeous girls, a few dogs, a couple
of houses, many vacations, many struggles, made a lot of memories and had a few knock down, drag out fights and
days where we were so mad we couldn’t even look at each other, always followed by apologies and declarations,
assurances and demonstrations of love and devotion.
I make no
apologies for that - we’re passionate people, both when we fight and when we
love. But we always come back together,
full circle.
Circumstances
over the past week or so have caused us both to look back over our life
together and contemplate our future. We
have a lot of things we want to do, places we want to explore, things we want to
experience – together – that seem to get pushed back.
The kids are too young.
We don’t have the time off from work.
It’s too far.
We shouldn't spend money on that when we have
other responsibilities.
The world is too scary right now.
Our goal for
the next 15 years is to experience everything we've been pushing off to the
future.
This IS our future.
We’ll figure out a way around all of the
excuses.
We have to.
Life is too short and whether we live to be
100 or 50, our time together is limited.
We need to make the most of it and never regret a minute of it – the good
and the bad.
So, here’s to traveling, and exploring, and experiencing life as a couple and as a family.
But most of all, here's to the next 30 minutes or 30 years together ...
no matter what, it’s been worth every second.
