I love this story so much and hate that it is buried under four years of writing, which is why it is being reblogged today. 

First published May 16, 2016

Ten years ago this month, my daughter and I got married to my husband in a barn.
I have talked about it here before and since I don’t really want to rewrite that post, head to the link if you’d like the backstory.
Our wedding was held in a historic barn from the 1800s that was moved down the road to the site where it sits presently, and on the day we got married in 2006.

If you look closely at the bottom of the picture, you will see “the bench”

The barn isn’t that particularly nice to look at from the outside as far as barns go. I mean it isn’t ugly but I have seen more charming barns…

I wrote this four years ago and since May is our anniversary month, I thought it fitting to reblog today. While re-reading it, so many changes have happened since this post. And so many more to come. It is still quite fitting to what we are all going through right now. 

First published June 6, 2016

So, a couple of things have happened since my husband and I got married on May 27th, 2006.

We have seen a loved one fight cancer and win.
But we lost an amazing grandma.
Then we gained two equally amazing new human beings.
We watched family members move far away.
But then we got two members back again and we aren’t letting them go this time.
We lost some friends.
But we gained some friends as well.
And the friends who stayed around the whole time, well they deserve an award and cake.
We’ve…