5 Things I Learned About Being Married

April 6, 2009

monogramToday was my second wedding anniversary. This is both our second marriages and the day we started dating we knew it would be a lifetime.  It just felt better.  Our honeymoon was supposed to be a week in Italy, but due to circumstances we had to stay local.   Our wedding weekend was spent at the ritzy Peabody Hotel in Memphis one night and a fancy Bed & Breakfast our second night with a half day chocolate making class at the Viking Cooking School in between.   Our gift to each other were bracelets.  I gave her a diamond bracelet and she gave me polished stainless one.  I lost mine.

Last year we had talked about going to Italy again but her daughter (my step-daughter) has a hard time with a babysitter for a few hours let alone her mommy being away for a week.  Instead, we stayed in an Antabellum Home B&B in historic Columbus, MS complete with the staff and hosts in period dress and an antique breakfast china layout.  Nice.  I gave her jewelry.  It was the year of paper and she gave me a post card and a map.
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