Today is Eric's and my 8th anniversary - hard to believe it's been that long. I know it's a cliche, but the time really does fly. I'm still so grateful for him...he's an amazing man, and every day with him is a gift.
When we got married 8 years ago, my boss at the time, Ed Piorek, performed the ceremony. In his homily he used a passage from one of Henri Nouwen's books, about trapeze artists and trust - it was a really good illustration of a marriage even though that wasn't Nouwen's original context.
For almost a year now, I've been on an email list from Nouwen.net - a daily meditation from his writings. I like it a lot. It's always short but profound, and gives me food for thought for the day. So I log on to my email today, my anniversary, and lo and behold, the daily meditation is that passage about the trapeze artists and trusting the catcher that Ed read at our wedding! I'm blown away - I guess it's my anniversary present from God.
Happy Anniversary! I've never known another couple who had a January anniversary.
Congratulations!
Posted by: Stacy | January 11, 2005 at 10:02 AM
cool story!!! that is rad
Posted by: erickeck | January 12, 2005 at 06:43 AM
Congratulations!
Hope you guys have a fun evening planned!
And that's a great story.
Posted by: Birgit | January 12, 2005 at 07:25 AM
Oh that is so cool! What a great anniversary present :-)
Posted by: Jennifer | January 14, 2005 at 11:58 PM