Today is my eighth wedding anniversary. Every year, I forget and my husband remembers. For me, the important date is November 24th, the date of our first date, which is also the day my husband moved into my apartment. Within two months we were engaged. Less than a year later, we were married and expecting our first baby. What was the big rush?
In hindsight, it all seems crazy. But a good kind of crazy. I consider November 24th 2004 as the second-luckiest day of my life, the first being my birthday, when I was born to loving parents.
We all know the traditional wedding vows: “For better or for worse…” But when I said them, I only considered the better. I didn’t yet realize how hard life can get. Awful things can and do happen. Having a partner who is there for the worse and the worst is the greatest gift life can bring you. If your partner can pull you back from despair, can make you laugh, and make trips to the supermarket seem fun-you have won the jackpot.