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Posted: 05.30.2003
The seven year itch
I won't be around much this weekend because Sunday is our seventh wedding anniversary -- so I'm putting this up now.

Seven years ago today I was on my way to New Orleans to marry my best friend. We met when I was still in my teens, and now we're both thirty. But that doesn't stop us from having water-bottle fights on the couch, belching contests, and quoting Cartman and Beavis as if they spoke the Gospel.

Our marriage hasn't always been easy. But it has always been more than I could have possibly asked for out of life -- the good always overshadowing the bad. If I knew my heart would have been capable of this much love on our wedding day, seven years later, it would have completely overwhelmed me. It still does, really. I can take just about anything life throws at me because he is by my side.

He's still the one.

Seven down. Here's to seventy more... I love you, baby!
Happy anniversary!
-Robyn






UPDATE: Here's last year's blog-card just because...



Hey boy take a look at me...let me dirty up your mind...



You're making me tear up! Congratulations to you both!!

¤ ¤ credit: Zuly | 05.30.03 at 03:15 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy Anniversary to you both!!!!
Have a great weekend!!!

¤ ¤ credit: Heather | 05.30.03 at 03:16 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Thanks guys! Here's a poem that was read at our wedding. I try to pass it along whenever I can...



"Marriage Joins Two People
in the Circle of Its Love"

Marriage is a commitment to life -
to the best that two people can find
and bring out in each other.
It offers opportunities for sharing and growth
that no other human relationship can equal,
a joining that is promised for a lifetime.

Within the circle of its love,
marriage encompasses all of life's
most important relationships.
A wife and a husband are each other's best friend,
confidant, lover, teacher, listener, and critic.
There may come times when one partner
is heartbroken or ailing,
and the love of the other
may resemble the tender caring
of a parent for a child.

Marriage deepens and enriches
every facet of life.
Happiness is fuller;
memories are fresher;
commitment is stronger;
even anger is felt more strongly,
and passes away more quickly.

Marriage understands and forgives
the mistakes life is unable to avoid.
It encourages and nurtures new life,
new experiences,
and new ways of expressing love
through the seasons of life.

When two people pledge to love and care
for each other in marriage
they create a spirit unique to themselves,
which binds them closer
than any spoken or written words.

Marriage is a promise, a potential,
made in the hearts of two people who love,
which takes a lifetime to fulfill.

- Edmund O'Neill

¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 05.30.03 at 03:23 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

So nice to still see "true love" around...and people that "stick together" no matter what and really meant those vows. Congratulations.

¤ ¤ credit: daisy | 05.30.03 at 03:31 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy Anniversary. Just celebrated my Grandparents' 70th Anniversary 2 weeks ago. It can be done, so go for it!

¤ ¤ credit: a different Bill | 05.30.03 at 03:33 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Weeee!
Happy Anniversary!!!!

:O)

¤ ¤ credit: jen | 05.30.03 at 03:41 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Congratulations!

¤ ¤ credit: dave | 05.30.03 at 03:49 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

happy anniversary!!

and yes - cheers to another 70 years to you both!:)

all the best.

¤ ¤ credit: lor | 05.30.03 at 03:50 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Awww. Congrats you two. :)

¤ ¤ credit: becky | 05.30.03 at 04:23 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

That's a very sweet way to document an anniversary. Congratulations!

¤ ¤ credit: Mariann | 05.30.03 at 04:25 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy Anniversary! You two look so happy together. :)

Now someone pass the Kleenex...

¤ ¤ credit: Melissa | 05.30.03 at 04:26 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy Anniversary! May you be blessed with many more!

¤ ¤ credit: Kathy | 05.30.03 at 04:34 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

That was beautifully done. Happy Anniversary you two! You are such a wonderful team. :)

¤ ¤ credit: Hey Lisa | 05.30.03 at 04:34 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Congrats girl! (oh yeah and Todd too)

Heres to many more!

¤ ¤ credit: jay | 05.30.03 at 06:16 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

*sigh*

It's times like these I wish I weren't single. :(

Congrats, you two.

*goes to drown his sorrows in a case of Dr. Pepper*

¤ ¤ credit: Mike | 05.30.03 at 06:41 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy (early) Anniversary! :)

¤ ¤ credit: Linh | 05.30.03 at 07:00 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy anniversary...

Where did you get married? Ste. Louis cath? My family is from New Orleans, so I'm naturally nosy.

¤ ¤ credit: sean | 05.30.03 at 07:01 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy anniversary to both of you! I hope you have a great weekend.

¤ ¤ credit: Lisa, Gal of Unix | 05.30.03 at 07:05 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

We were married in the courtyard of the Le Richelieu Hotel.

¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 05.30.03 at 07:10 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy Anniversary....treasure it always.

¤ ¤ credit: Dawn | 05.30.03 at 07:20 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Congratulations to you both! May you have many more happy years together.

¤ ¤ credit: BJ | 05.30.03 at 07:31 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

You guys are my inspiration!! Have a wondeful weekend TOGETHER. You are truly lucky to have found each other... Love you guys!!! :)

¤ ¤ credit: Angel | 05.30.03 at 08:48 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

*tearing up and viciously jealous*

congratulations to you both. you're an extraordinary and amazing couple.

(my shock at how *incredibly* young you both look in your wedding pictures is only outdone by my shock at todd's lumberjack look in a few of those pictures. *grin* too cute!)

much love and manymanymany more happy anniversaries to come!

¤ ¤ credit: tanya | 05.30.03 at 08:52 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

At our seventh anniversary, I was still feeling my way around. At our 32nd anniversary I was in awe of my sweet bride. Good luck and God bless you both and may He give you many more wonderful years together.

¤ ¤ credit: Paul | 05.30.03 at 10:08 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy 7th!!! I just celebrated my 4th the other day. I thought Cartman and Beavis WERE gospel!!

¤ ¤ credit: Darren | 05.30.03 at 10:29 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy Anniversary

¤ ¤ credit: nastybastard | 05.31.03 at 12:21 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy Anniversary you guys!! Here is to many more *clink*

We were married in May also! Fun month! You have us beat by a year ;-)

¤ ¤ credit: Nancy | 05.31.03 at 01:06 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy anniversary, guys! *smooch*

¤ ¤ credit: Kymberlie R. McGuire | 05.31.03 at 01:27 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Congratulations. Happy Anniversary you two, and best wishes!

¤ ¤ credit: karen | 05.31.03 at 02:30 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Congratulations! Yesterday was our 5th... May God grant you many more!!!

¤ ¤ credit: Don | 05.31.03 at 08:25 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Congratulations!! May there be many, many more....

¤ ¤ credit: Jack Cluth | 05.31.03 at 09:02 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy Anniversary!

¤ ¤ credit: Colleen | 05.31.03 at 12:53 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Congrats.

¤ ¤ credit: Julie | 05.31.03 at 02:52 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Awwwww.... *gush*
Just that line "...on my way to New Orleans to marry my best friend" makes me wonder how that movie would have ended if Julia Roberts succeeded in busting up Michael and Kimmy.

Yeah. I admit it. I was rooting for Julia Roberts through that whole movie. :0)

¤ ¤ credit: -e- | 05.31.03 at 04:09 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Happy Anniversary you two!!!

¤ ¤ credit: sphinx | 05.31.03 at 05:18 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

It's Sunday...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

¤ ¤ credit: -e- | 06.01.03 at 01:35 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Wow.(wiping tears from my eyes). Congratulations.
You are both inspirations.
I hope me and my love are as happy after 7 years.

¤ ¤ credit: LisaC | 06.01.03 at 10:07 PM | link--this ¤ ¤




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