About ten years ago, Tim and I were out celebrating our anniversary and he suggested that we go back down memory lane and make a list of what we've done for each of our anniversaries up to that point. We racked our brains (I think it was already year 15 by this point!) and years later, we still add to that list on every anniversary.
Each year, we mark down the city we celebrated in, where we may have gone to eat, and anything remarkable about that night.
We've been doing it for years, and every anniversary we pull out the whole list and read back through it as a way of celebrating all God has done!
From our very first line on the list, 2001 and our wedding at The Crystal Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia (where we said "I do" amongst the squawking parrots and noble flamingos) and then weaving through the subsequent years of young children, international moves, marital breakdown, restoration, and healing.
The list is mostly fun and celebratory; whether it was our 15th in Paris or our 21st in our own dining room over takeout.
And then there's 2009.
A blank line.
