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Ten Years
Dale and I were married ten years ago today.
It was a perfect New England June day, warm, but not humid, with the bluest sky I’ve ever seen. We had a simple ceremony in what was, back then, only my church but is now the church we go to together. Our children (3 of his and 1 of mine) were our attendants. My dear friend Diane read Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dale’s sister Lisa read from both the Old Testament and New Testament, and the guys in Dale’s band sang “Let It Be Me” with their fabulous blend of voices and folk guitars. The minister said one of the most beautiful prayers I have ever heard and the sunlight streaming into the sanctuary while we said our vows was breathtakingly beautiful. After the ceremony we headed to our favorite restaurant with 48 of our closest family and friends. We feasted on chicken and beef, drank our fair share of wine, fed each other delicious wedding cake, and danced our first dances as husband and wife. We laughed and cried and loved every minute of that day.
A lot has changed since then. My mother died before our first anniversary. Dale’s mother died a few years later and then my father died last year. At the same time, though, our family has grown with the addition of a daughter-in-law and two wonderful grandchildren. We have observed divorces with sadness and we have rejoiced when others have married. We have gained weight and lost hair. We have changed jobs and lost jobs and experienced financial difficulties that we never would have predicted. And through it all we have been together. We have built a life and a family and, just like our wedding day, we have laughed and cried and loved every minute of it. It hasn’t always been easy but it’s always been joyful because we’ve done it all together.
So let them say your hair’s too long
‘Cause I don’t care, with you I can’t go wrong
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain’t no hill or mountain we can’t climb
Happy Anniversary, Dale. I’m so glad I’ve got you, babe.
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Happy Anniversary to you both! What lovely pictures ….
Wishing you many, many more years of shared happiness.
Congratulations on your anniversary. May you continue to smile through your lives together.
Happy Anniversary Carole and Dale! Your were a beautiful couple then – and now! Wishes for many more decades of love and happiness!
Happy Anniversary!!! To me, you guys are two peas in a pod 🙂 What a lovely post.
Snif…so sweet. Happy Anniversary you two!! You are as beautiful today as you were 10 years ago.
Congratulations to you both! Your pictures are very similar to mine – lots of laughing and BIG smiles!
Beautiful. Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!!! May the next ten be as happy and fulfilling! You two are perfect together:)
Cheers!
Happy anniversary!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!
Beautiful post…and some say marriage is dead. No way!
So sweet! Thanks for sharing.
Happy Anniversary Carole and Dale! May you have many more happy years together!
Happy Anniversary! Here’s wishing you another 10 years!
Happy Anniversary to you both!! And here’s to many more- glasses raised high *clink, clink*
Happy Anniversary, Carole and Dale!
The pictures are lovely; you both look so incredibly happy 🙂
Happy Anniversary, you’re a wonderful pair.
Happy anniversary! As usual, your post is food for thought!
Happy anniversary. You both look so happy in those pictures, as you still do in the pictures you share. Here’s to another ten wonderful years, and many more.
Happy Anniversary!! What a beautiful post! Oh, you look so pretty with all your beautiful flowers.
Happy anniversary! I’m all teary now because your post was so beautiful – both the writing and the pictures. I hope you both have a wonderful day!
Do you realize that now I’m going to be hearing that song in my head all. day. long.? Thanks a LOT.
Happy anniversary! You’re beautiful, both of you, always have been, always will be.
Awwww! Happy Anniversary! You look beautiful – happiness comes right out through the pictures. (I’m a little teary…when did I turn into such a girl?)
Happy Anniversary!
Wow! Happy Anniversary. Here’s to many more.
How happy you both look! I wish you many more years of bliss together, even better than the first decade. Congratulations.
What a lovely tribute to your time together! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Happy Anniversary, Carole and Dale, you cute people, you. May you have many more decades of joy.
Oh, so sweet! Happy Anniversary!
So beautiful. You and Dale are truly blessed.
Beautiful post, Carole. You got me.
Happy Anniversary! Here’s to a happy lifetime together *raises coffee cup*
What a wonderful tribute to marriage and the two of you. Have a great anniversary.
Happy Anniversary to both of you!
Happy Anniversary!
congratulations you guys!!! You look awesome, then and now.
Happy Anniversary, you two look just as happy then as you are now. It is so wonderful to see you two together and the amount of love and respect you have for each other.
Here is wishing you 10 more wonderful years.
Happy Anniversary, and may you still be so happy when you hit your 40th (which we will do in December of this year!)!
happy anniversary kids!!!
Happy Anniversary! Such a beautiful story.
Your post was so touching – got me teary – CONGRATULATIONS to both of you. I wish you many more years of happiness and love.
Awww… what a beautiful anniversary post. Have a happy one!
Happy anniversary. What a lovely couple you make!
Happy happy anniversary! Here’s wishing you many, many more!
Awwwwwwwwww…
Happy Anniversary!
Such beautiful words, pictures, and sentiments. I hope you celebrate today like you did 10 years ago!
Thank you for that. Happy Anniversary! The two of you are as beautiful today as you were 10 years ago.
Happy anniversary! Looks like it was a perfect day.
Happy Anniversary!
That’s so beautiful. I’m at work and I hope no one walks into my office because I’m all teary.
Happy anniversary!!
That was a wonderful post. Happy Anniversary. I am all teary eyed too. Have a wonderful day together.