In Sickness and In Health
My ten year wedding anniversary is today. Ten years ago my husband and I said our vows and pledged to be there for each other ‘in sickness and in health.’
Who would have imagined that ‘in sickness’ part would have turned out to be so much more than the flu.
My husband, God bless him, loves me so much. I think he fell in love with me at first sight. Here’s the story:
I was sitting at a table at the Black Duck Cafe in Westport, CT on a night they had karaoke — I loved going to karaoke. A young man came up to me and told me he had just paged a buddy of his so the pay phone next to my table was about to ring; then he asked me to get him from his table when it did. The phone rang. I answered then went to get the young man at his table. And sitting at that table was another young man, the man who is now my husband, and he caught my eye.
“You’re cute,” I said with a smile. “Young … but cute.” That started a courtship that I was reluctant to begin — to say the least. But he was persistent and I was swayed and somewhere along the way I became committed.
But I had him at “you’re cute.”
Several years (and quite a few ups and downs) later, we exchanged vows.
Today, my husband and I are celebrating the fact that we joined our lives in marriage ten years ago. Ten years, three kids, two bouts of cancer and one house later, we’re still committed. That is such a great, great feeling. For me, knowing my husband didn’t knowingly sign up for the role of caregiver but rose to that challenge so well means everything to me.
Thankfully, and by the grace of God, today is an ‘in health’ day and we are going to celebrate.
December 7th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Happy, happy, happy anniversary Karen!! And many, many, many, more!!
December 9th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Thanks Sherry. We had a great night!