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I met him when we were working at the same company in Corvallis, Oregon. I was tethered by a phone to a front office desk, where I made surreptitious cow eyes at him when he’d stride by once a day to the mailroom.
We moved to Las Vegas in 1999, and on New Year’s Eve he dropped to one knee in the midst of a shower of confetti and celebratory dance floor whoops and in his hand was the most beautiful ring I’d ever seen.
In Seattle we moved from a dilapidated apartment to our first home. A dog joined us, and eventually a baby. We weathered a thousand storms, and at least one excruciatingly dark period from which I never believed we’d be able to emerge with our marriage intact.
We started as an unfettered young couple who partied and drank together every day; we stand together now as two people rapidly approaching middle age but stronger and healthier than ever.
We have two perfect children and a million shared stories.
Recently we sat together in a tiny wood-paneled office and signed the most grown-up documents I’ve ever seen: power of attorney, health care directive, last will and testament. I don’t quite know how to describe it, but as unromantic as the moment was, it nevertheless felt like a renewal of vows. It felt like a serious, loving commitment to our shared life, like the day we stood in front of our family and were declared as husband and wife.
That day—the day we kissed as a married couple for the first time—happened ten years ago today. I have never stopped wondering how I got so lucky. I have never been so sure of having made the best decision of my life.
Happy anniversary, John. I love you so goddamned much.
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Happy anniversary!
I hope you have 90 more….I can’t believe I’ve been reading you since before you even thought about getting pregnant….I feel like you’re family, I actually have family that I don’t hear from nearly as much, lol, (or like as much)!
Happy univerisiary!
Congrats.
This brought tears to my eyes. You guys are the BEST. I’m so glad you’ve chosen to share so much of your journey with us! Congratulations, and Happy Anniversary to a truly inspirational couple. <3
This made me all teary. Ten years – so wonderful. Happy anniversary – and may you have decades and decades of happiness to look forward to.
Congratulations. I think you both hit the jackpot. Happy Anniversary and decades of happiness to follow.
That is so unbelievably sweet! Congrats on reaching the 10 year mark!
Happy Anniversary! You have, and ARE, a beautiful family.
Yay you guys! And congrats!
As goofy as this sounds, the word that always comes to mind when I think about your marriage?
Commitment. Every meaning of the word.
Awwww, I love this! Happy Anniversary!
Okay I admit this made me tear up. But admittedly everything makes me tear up right now. I just got engaged to the man of my dreams. No better than my dreams, he’s also everything I never even knew I wanted and now can’t imagine living without.
Happy Anniversary!
Ten years? No. Only yesterday, right? Time is a runaway. Pull back on the reins.
Happy anniversary! What a gorgeous family and what a beautiful story. Here’s to many more years of health and happiness. :)
Happy Anniversary! this was such a great post. I absolutely loved it and the photos. You guys seem like such a wonderful couple!
Reading this felt like celebrating the anniversary of very good friends. I’m so happy for you, and impressed by all you’ve done to not only make it work, but make it GREAT, for the two of you and your boys. Happy anniversary!
So happy for you both! And I agree, he is the best decision you have made, and you are, easily, John’s best decision. You are both lucky to have one another and recognize that fact. Love seeing those photos and John looks like a baby in the engagement picture!
Congrats!!
Happy, happy day! May the next ten years be even better.
Happy Happy!
Someone decided to give you a gift by posting one of your pics on Reddit. I’m sorry (it wasn’t me).
Hopefully it’ll boost some ad revenue or something for you.
Happy Anniversary to two of my most favourite people I don’t even actually know :)
Happy anniversary!!
Happy Anniversary to both of you!
Awesome and LOVE the pictures! Congrats!
Happy anniversary. Auguri! What a lovely tribute to 10 years. Congratulations.
Wow, I’m all unexpectedly teary over here. What a beautiful life you two have built. Congratulations on ten years!
Happy Anniversary! I am just sad that you didn’t use that, um, special picture you took that one time you guys went camping…you know, THAT one??
This is absolutely beautiful and gave me chills.
Happy Anniversary!!
What is in your water???? Both of y’all just get better and better looking as time goes on in those photos!
Happy Anniversary!
Delurking to say that baby Dylan, in his pj, is the cutest thing that ever lived. And happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary! (that beach waiter is the most hilarious thing I’ve seen in weeks, btw)
wanted to shoot you a note- one of your pictures is on buzzfeed….
http://www.buzzfeed.com/gustonyc/meta-photobomb-2nz2
A truly beautiful post. Happy Anniversary and Mother’s Day!!!
So nice. Congratulations and happy anniversary!
The proposal photo is really great. Did you have friends there who took that for you?
CRYING!!!
Don’t know why.
But Happy Anniversary!
Isn’t true love grand?
What a beautiful post! Congratulations!
Beautiful. Oxo.
Happy anniversary! You two look amazing for almost “middle age”
(We were also in Vegas that year and I was also proposed to. 10 years in September :) )