Who's That Girl?

Today we would have been celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. I can’t help but think about what could have been. Maybe we would have celebrated with another travel adventure somewhere different and exciting – oh how we loved to travel. Maybe we would have planned a wedding renewal of some sort since we talked about it several times and everyone knows how much I love planning events. What I do know, is we would have spent some quality time together rewatching our wedding video as we would do every year on our special day. I haven’t had the heart to do that the last couple of anniversaries but this year, in honour of us I watched it again.

I can remember our wedding day like it was just yesterday. We were so happy and had so much excitement and hope for what was to come. I know we truly made the most of our time together despite it being shorter than we ever could have imagined. We saw so many amazing places, laughed together, shared everything with one another and the two of us made the most incredible little human we ever could have dreamt of. She truly is our greatest accomplishment and our greatest legacy.

We weren’t perfect, nor will I claim that our marriage was, but that’s what made us perfect in our own way. It was real. The relationship was real, the ups and downs were real but above all that, the LOVE shared between us was so very real as were those vows we said to one another on this very day 20 years ago. “I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. To love you and honour you all the days of my life.”

I continue to carry all of that in my heart and will continue to do so until my very last breath. I miss you Mark Roger Stefanutti and I would still say “I do” a million times over again.

Happy Anniversary PB – 7.17.04 💙

LM