Today Mat and I celebrate 15 years of marriage.
Where did the time go?
15 years ago today we had a wonderful wedding day. It rained, and of course we were told it was good luck to have rain on your wedding day. Young brides - that is just a line people tell you so you don't freak out on your wedding day.
But it worked out just fine. Here we are, still married. I wish I had pictures to share you, but we weren't given a CD "back then" with photos to upload. We were given proofs. Pictures in a book. Maybe I will get brave and take one or two out of the wedding album and load them up.
We look a bit different. A little older, a little grayer. I little more bags under the eyes.
But we are still just as happy.
Our story began in 1991 when we met in high school. We dated all through college (going to separate colleges which I think helped a lot) and got married after I graduated. We never broke up, not once. We started dating on March 1st, got engaged 6 years late on May 1st, and got married 18 months after that on November 1st.
Mat and I have lived in 6 states and have had 9 residences since we got married in 1997. We moved from Pennsylvania to Baltimore, Maryland. We moved from Maryland to San Diego, California. We moved from California to West Palm Beach, Florida (no he is not in the military). We moved from Florida to Salem, Connecticut. And we moved from Connecticut to Massachusetts just last year.
We hope we are done moving.
Arlington came along after 5 years of marriage (and constant badgering from our parents to please give them a grandchild) while we lived in California. Finley was born in Florida, and Cainan came to us while we were there as well.
With all of our moving, we have always been each other's best friends. We are comfortable going out to dinner and talking and talking. We spend the evenings together catching up on the day and making each other laugh. Do we fight? Of course - all couples do. Does he make me absolutely crazy? Sure. Would it ever be a deal breaker? Of course not.
We have so much history and so many great memories. And we are a team. We bounce ideas off each other about work, our kids, our ideas. We are each other's cheerleader.
It has been quite the ride, and I would not want to take it with anyone else. Each family has their own challenges, and we decided to handle ours together. I cannot imagine not having him there to support me every day.
Happy Anniversary to the love of my life.
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- "There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
- When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
- You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
- Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~
Helen Keller - Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
- Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."-
Dr. Seuss - "Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
- "God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
- I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
- Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
- There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
- The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
- Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
- Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
- The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
- Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
- There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
- Be the change you want to see in the world
- Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
- Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
- Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
- Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
- Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
- "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -
Confucius
We are a family of 5 living in Massachusetts. Mat and I have been married for 16 years, and we have three children. Arlington is 11 years old, and Finley and Cainan are 8 years old. We adopted Cainan from China when he was 14 months old. He was born with cleft lip and palate level three. This blog started out as our journey to bring him into our family and has turned into our family blog. He and Finley are only 30 days apart!! We love being a blended family, and enjoy sharing about our trials and tribulations through becoming one! Also, our daughter Finley was diagnosed in 2009 with Lebers Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) a rare genetic eye condition that has made her legally blind. Come and read about our proud family!
If you want to read Cainan's story, click here:
The Pletcher Five Journey Blessings Times Three: Cainan's Story
If you want to read more about Finley - go here: Finley's Story
If you want to read Cainan's story, click here:
The Pletcher Five Journey Blessings Times Three: Cainan's Story
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November 2nd, 2012
That was a beautiful post about your family and Husband. Families should stick by eachother like yours does and mine does. We do all have challenges in our lives, but we get by them with flying colors, with the love and support of the ones we love.
Shayla M.
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