Wedding anniversaries-why we celebrate | A Picture's Worth

Renewing our vows, on our 25th wedding anniversary

Yesterday was my wedding anniversary ? 31 years! It?s been a long journey, sometimes painful, but well worth it.

I was 31 years old with two children, 9 and 11, from a first marriage when we married. Life was not easy for us in those early years. We struggled financially and emotionally. We both had a lot of growing up to do. It still sometimes amazes me that we are still together. I still remember a friend from back there telling me, ?You?re going to have to work this out (whatever the current issue was) with someone, you might as well work it out with someone you love.? We are lucky that as we grew and changed, our love stayed constant.

We were not a likely couple in many ways. We are very different and have many different interests. Joe liked to hiking, backpacking and camping. I learned to camp and we did quite a bit of that when the boys were young. Now, he camps and I like to sleep in my own bed! He loves classical musical and he taught me to appreciate it. My first love was and remains Broadway shows. He?s an introvert and I?m an extrovert. I?d rather go out and be with people, he?d rather stay home. How did this marriage ever work! Over the years, Joe learned to become more social and less shy. He actually enjoys being with our friends and still enjoys and needs his time at home alone. I?ve learned to enjoy and appreciate quiet times where I had never been able to just sit and do nothing. We sometimes go to musical theater together or to classical music concerts and have found somewhat of an intersection in opera. Who would have thought that would happen? Certainly not I!

Us today

I hear that some couple grow apart as time goes on. That has not been the case with us. We have worked very hard on our relationship and I find I am closer to Joe than ever before, appreciate him more than ever and love him more than ever. I think a lot of that comes from our early struggles and our commitment to keep trying, our decision that because we love each other, it was worth working on ? again. And again. Relationships take a lot of work. And it?s not easy and it?s not always fun.

My marriage is better than it?s ever been. I know we still have work to do and always will. And it is so worth it!

What relationships have you had to work on and what have been the results?

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