Monday, March 8, 2010

today's the day...


I celebrate  29  30 years

with my best friend.





It has been fun~ it has been hard~ 

~it has been full of adventure~

~it has been full of grief~it has been full of joy~ 

~it has been a learning experience~ it has been humbling~ 

~it has exasperated me to tears~it has been a revelation in the

 character of God~it has revealed the character of me~

~it has been rewarding~



It has been perfect!

He is my other half~he completes me~ he balances me~ he

 bails me out and He loves me.~He thinks I'm funny.~He

 makes me breakfast on Sunday's.~

 He serves me with all of 

his heart.



How thankful I am

for this wonderful, mysterious plan of God...





when two become one.
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I posted this last year and it is still so true...

it has been a year of me walking beside him 


in his time of grief...God is so faithful.



I'll be back to show you some of our get-away trip

but 

let me tell ya

these  Portland gals rock!



32 comments:

ROSE VINE COTTAGE said...

Happy Anniversary!!
Hugs~Kelly

Julie Ann said...

Wow- 30 years!!!! How AWESOME!! Happy Anniversary to you both- I hope it is just incredible!

It's me said...

Dear Rene

Congratulations !! 30 years!!

Make a beautiful trip ..............enjoy eachother!!

God is great !! and wonderful !!

Hugs Ria

Sandi said...

Happy Anniversary Rene'! Love the pix too!!
Hugs~

GwendolynKay said...

Congratulations! 30 years is definately something to be celebrated.
Blessings!
Gwen

cherished*vintage said...

Happy 30th! Here's to at least 30 more. Cheers!!
-Karoline

Carolyn said...

Happy Anniversary! I hope you are blessed with many more happy years together.
Carolyn

Sandi~A Cottage Muse said...

Happy Anniversary, congratulations and keep on having fun together!

Alba Linea said...

i wish you a happy anniversary! and your style is sooo cool. love it. best wishes ;0)

www.MaisonStGermain.com said...

Happy Anniversary to the two of you. Isn't it wonderful to be married to your best friend:)We celebrated our 30th last year. Hope you have a great day!
~Debra
Blog: Capers of the vintage vixens

Mike said...

Congratulations on 30 Years! Like all your posts...This is Beautiful! Ain't Love Grand! Bella

Brynwood Needleworks said...

Congratulations! I love the sentiment, the photos and the love in your post. Wishing you many more...
xoxo
Donna

Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces said...

Very sweet post...congrats!

A Southern Rose said...

Happy Anniversary to the both of you and many,many more!

Hugs,
Lee Laurie

Sissie's Shabby Cottage said...

Happy Anniversary Sweetie. I love your post.

hugs
Sissie

Anonymous said...

I've only been married for half that time....15 years of bliss...

congratulations from the bottom of my heart!!!! ciao bella
carmelina

Bella's Rose Cottage said...

Silly me I left you a comment earlier under my husbands google profile :-) Just typing away paying no attention :-) Sorry, Bella

Caroline said...

WOW...30 years! Happy Anniversary.

Melly said...

Happy 30th Anniversary, to you and your man!
May this day and everyday be showered in His kisses from heaven :)
love & hugs
Melly:)

Rebecca said...

What a beautiful, honest commentary on marriage! God bless you both and may happiness and peace reign in your home and hearts in the year to come.

Kindred Roses said...

Hello, it was great to meet you this last weekend. Hope you enjoyed your visit and Happy
Anniversar.
Blessings
Julie, Kindred Roses

Faded Charm said...

Happy Anniversary and I hope you guys had a fun weekend. I'm so glad you took the time to stop by and chat with me. I truly enjoyed meeting you.

Take care,

Kathleen

Julie said...

Oh Happy Anniversary and congratulations! Yes, marriage is a journey...never totally finished..or at any one point completed...because our becoming one just keeps changing and growing stronger as each day, and week and month brings new joys, tears ( I read about his grief, oh how hard...) and new challenges to conquer together. It is like being forged together in the hot fire by the Master Smithy...our Lord. He truly makes us One. Stronger together than we ever would have been apart. I think of when Paulie asked Rocky in the movie series what he saw in his sister Adrian...he said ..." we feel gaps"...yes. well said. we complete each other as no other person could have. Well said in your blog. I agree wholeheartedly.
Beautiful post. Enjoyed my post.
HUGS! I will be back!

Claudia said...

Happy, Happy Anniversary!

xo
Claudia

Paula said...

Dear Rene`,
Happy Anniversary to you and your dear husband! Such a beautiful post with lovely photos! Thank you for sharing. I am glad you had a wonderful getaway!

Much love,
Paula

Anonymous said...

Beautiful post, Rene'.
Happy Anniversary!!!

Laurie said...

Happy anniversary! Kathleen from faded charm told me what a wonderful person you are. So here I am at your blog meeting you for the first time, on your anniversary no less!!! Congrats...Laurie

Garden Antqs Vintage said...

Sounds like you had a great time and Happy Late Anniversary. We too will celebrate our 30th year together married this July. Can't wait to see and read more about your trip!

Unknown said...

Happy Anniversary! What a sweet post!

~Liz

Dayle ~ A Collection of Days said...

Happy 30thn! Mine is coming up in August. Marriage is quite a ride.

Lara said...

Congratulations! Best wishes and blessings for the future to both of you.

Ribbonwood Cottage said...

Hey, Happy Anniversary. so happy for you. We too are celebrating 30 in June. Woowoo! This is wonderful....I joke that we are madly in love....MAD some of the time...and mostly in LOVE! MAD-LY IN love!!!1 Hope your time and get away are what you need it to be!
Blessings,
Debbie
I always enjoy coming to your blog!