September 1, 2007...8:16 am

all in a year

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1 year ago today, we grinned and danced in the open sky in the middle of wyoming as rudy and heather exchanged vows…( i would later come to identify this day as the starting point of our second pregnancy)….

2 years ago today, we felt humbled and inspired and safe in the red wood forest as matt and florencia poetically had all of their friends pronounce them husband and wife….

3 years ago today, dan and i went out for our first date as parents, leaving a 5 week old lydia with suzanne, and dan made the family rule that when we go out as a couple, we can only talk about lydia for the first 10 minutes, then it’s back to focusing back to us, the couple….

4 years ago today, danny accompanied me as i sang with tears flowing while nancy and cliff stared into each other’s eyes and haikus atop a mountain ranch ….

and 5 years ago today, my husband walked around me seven times and then i around him, under a chuppah prayer shawl in a circle of wild flowers as the cowboy rabbi blessed us and horses brayed and  125 candles hugged us in our first dance and 100 fruit tarts disappeared ….

and i feel so happy

with you

to be

here

happy anniversary, danny.

i am smitten to think of what the next years may bring.

16 Comments

  • bonemarrowpoptarts
    September 1, 2007 at 9:35 am

    Happy anniversary!!

  • We got 5 years too. A lovely number in a marriage.

    Happy Anniversary! And here’s to many more.

    (A cowboy rabbi? Now that’s a ceremony I wish I could’ve seen.)

  • man, that guy put away a lot of tarts, didn’t he? i don’t even think i got one. happy anniversary, you maniacs. i love you guys.

    [i'm leaning in for sloppy wet kisses with both of you right now. it's probably a little awkward for the two of you, but what the hell.]

  • Happy anniversary to y’all!

  • Ahhh thats great!! Happy Anniversary and heres to so many more..

  • Happy Anniversary to you both.

  • This is a beautiful post. Happy Anniversary!

    We are celebrating one month (or 4 weeks) of married bliss today! We got married on August 4th in CA, yay! So far so good :)

    So glad you are cancer-free and happy and celebrating your wonderful life together.

    Best wishes from DC,
    Jenny and Tim Carey

  • Happy Anniversary! And that’s a great 10 minute rule. I think we’ll institute that one if we ever get out on another date :-)

  • A beautiful post. Happy Anniversary!

    (now wondering where I can get a Jewish cowboy…)

    Liora

  • Jen - Back in France
    September 2, 2007 at 1:16 pm

    Happy HEALTHY Anniversary to you both!!! Here’s to 105 more years of wedded bliss. You seem to have had a lot of friends who followed suit and got married on YOUR wedding anniversary. See, people have been “following” Lingling and Dan for a lot longer than this blog has been around.

    Love love love to you all —
    Jen, Fred, Alexi and Julia

  • What a beautiful anniversary post.

    Happy anniversary!

  • Happy, happy anniversary!

    May you always find joy in each other’s company.

  • Happy Anniversary. I like the 10 minute rule. Today is my anniversary. Wishing you many many more.

  • Beautiful!

    Happy anniversary!

  • A happy belated anniversary. Your wedding ceremony sounds like a dream. Wishing you, also, a happy ever after.

  • Dan and Lee, I’m so glad that Eliza linked to us both so that I could discover your story and your love. Hooray for your cancer-kicking chutzpah, and for your gorgeous girl. Those portraits are without a doubt the most strikingly loving, wonderful pictures of a family I think I’ve ever seen. And it’s got nothing to do with photographic skill… it’s all you.

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