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Six years

So I haven't been writing in here lately. Busy freelancing and whatnot.

On the 12th of May, Mary and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary. We’ve never really done anything for our wedding anniversary. We always find some way to push it out and just deal with whatever is in front of us. Always intending to “make it up”.

This year we actually took some time for ourselves and split for the day. It was pretty cool. I can’t imagine what life without Mary would be like. Sucktastic, I'm thinking. I am amazed that after all this time and everything we’ve been through we are still so enamored of each other.

Mary sent me an email on Thursday telling me that one of the counselors in her office was wearing a sign around his neck (this particular counselor has a different sign around his neck everyday) always with a distinctive quote or saying on it. On Thursday though it stated, “love is responsibility”.

I mulled that over for a while and realized that more than anything, love IS responsibility. I’ve found that more time I spend with Mary the more I love her. It leaves you a bit vulnerable, this whole “love” deal, but in the end it always seems to make sense.

“Love is easy… and fear and is hard”. That’s what Mary told me on Thursday.

I have found that is the case with us as well.

Mary and I have had many obstacles over the years. But we’ve always come back to the basic idea that its okay if one takes personal responsibility. We do try to do that with one another. It seems to be working.

Posted by shawn at May 15, 2006 02:12 AM