January 11th marked me and Darren's 17th anniversary! I surprised him by planning a special weekend get away, and he surprised me by taking Monday off so we could have the day together! As I reflected on the past 17 years--the moves, the births, the deaths, the smiles, the tears, the worries--all of it--I was reminded of some words of advice given to us on our wedding day! The words come from a song--and the song starts--"oh, we ain't got a barrel of money" (nope, I checked and there is definitly not a barrell of money hidden in the basement!) "maybe we're ragged and funny"(yep--I'm ragged, and Darren is funny!) "But we travel along, singin' a song--SIDE BY SIDE!! Don't know what's comin' tomarrow, maybe it's trouble and sorrow" (sometimes it's a broken car, sometimes it's a nurse telling us there are TWO babies, sometimes it's just an ordinary day!) But we'll travel the road, sharin' the load--SIDE BY SIDE!" What a great adventure we have been given--these past 17 years that have become our life together! As we sat side by side in the temple last night I realized I was in my absolute favorite place with my absolute favorite person. So whatever lies ahead we will meet it together--hand in hand--side by side!
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I LOVE this post! Love the song, love the comparisons, and love all the sentiment. Aren't we so blessed that we have husbands that we adore?! Man, are we lucky or what?!!!!! I'm glad you had a great weekend. Anniversaries are the best! We get to go to the temple on Friday night and I so look forward to it as well. There's no place I would rather be than with Jason in the temple with the sweet reminder that he's mine forever. I sure love Heavenly Father's Plan!!
Congratulations, Darren and Jaime! What an exciting milestone on the way to eternity! And I absolutely love the song - my dad's side of the family claims it as our family song and we can often be heard breaking out singing it - yes, we really are that strange. :) But it's a wonderful message!
That was so cute! Congrats!
Congrats! Doesn't it seem funny that you probably can't even imagine life without each other? How fun to go on a getaway. Scott and I will celebrate 16 years this March. Wow! We're old. (Not really) :) Here's to the rest of Eternity!
You guys are the best...Happy Anniversary! Hope to see you soon!
Happy Anniversary! That is an awesome post. My eyes filled up, gosh- am I a baby or what? Your blog always makes me cry! Why is that? Guess it's because I love ya so much:) Next time we visit down south, we'll call for sure. Promise!
Congrats you guys! You are too cute! What an amazing couple!
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