Happy Anniversary!!!

This is my wedding cake, from my wedding EXACTLY 1 YEAR AGO today.

Yes, it is true...one year ago today I married the love of my life. My true soulmate. He is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I never could have imagined the fascinating journey we would begin that day.

And what a first year...people say that there are a few big stressors in a person's life. They are marriage (or divorce), moving, job change and accident or illness. These are the things that can cause the highest amount of stress on a person. And can cause the most damage to relationships. Well, in our first year of marriage we have done all of them. It has been a hell of a year!!!

My wedding ring has always been a source of great pride for me...it took a long time to get here and I am so happy that I am married to Tand wearing his ring. My ring symbolizes our committment to each other, to our family and to our marriage. But now it also is a badge of honor. It has taken a lot for us to travel down the road we have gone down that last year. We have battled and there were times that I was unsure. We have fought each other, we have fought with others, we have fought with others FOR each other, and we have fought to be where we are. And, like any battle worn vet, we are stronger from it.

I know without a doubt that all of the trials and tribulations of the past year have been a gift to us. They have given us the opportunity to show each other what we are made of. We have been given the gift of seeing ourselves through our spouse's eyes. We have given each other the gift of pure vulnerability and the reward of the strength of arms to hold us tight during those storms. It has been a gift to learn and to live and to laugh through all of the past year.

I loved my wedding cake. At the time I thought there was nothing sweeter than that piece of cake being fed to me by my new husband. I had no idea that the tiny morsel of cake was nothing in comparison to the delicious life that I would start on July 7th with my husband and family.

Luck of the 7's......I took a gamble and won the jackpot!!!