Mi amor

02/22/10 · Filed in Personal

Today marks Josh’s and my 6th wedding anniversary. We celebrated Saturday night with a nice dinner and a trip to the mall, where he surprised me by buying me a new wedding ring right there on the spot. His reasoning? “I knew you’d be against me spending that much money on a ring if I’d mentioned it earlier.” He knows me all too well.

I love the ring and here’s the kicker…it’s not big, there’s no diamond, or any outrageous personal engraving. It’s a simple, white gold, standard ring. I’m not a fancy girl. I don’t like diamonds and I hate the idea of spending a lot of money on something so superficial in the long run. It’s the symbolism that matters most to me. He lovingly slipped it on my finger while we sat in the car in the Best Buy parking lot. To a geek girl like me, nothing could’ve been more romantic.

It reminds me of my mother’s. Happily married to my dad for 30+ years, she eloped with him in Georgia back in 1976 and she’s worn the same ring ever since. Simple, plain like mine. I once asked her to take it off when I was little, so I could see how it looked on my finger…she wouldn’t.

I look forward to many more anniversaries. I love him with all my heart.

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Coming out of hiding

02/19/10 · Filed in Photo Friday

I feel as though I’ve been cooped up in the house for forever and 12 years, and I haven’t done a ‘Photo Friday’ in just about as long. This is just a little photographic experiment having a dark subject in front of a bright background.

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