Well, Mrs. More and I hit the decade mark a few weeks ago--on February 14th to be exact. I should have posted this then, but life was busy. That's a partial, but entirely incomplete, summary of our first ten years of marriage. There's been weddings--two of the years we attended eight weddings a year--there's been funerals--happily, far fewer--there have been children--four little Mores, and countless friends' children. We've bought, and sold, our first house. I've--finally--found my first job (I impressed my in-laws by being unemployed for our first 9 months of marriage; 'what a catch'.) I've left my first, and then second, job. I've started my own company.
Then there's been trips: Hawaii, New York, Mexico, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, Culver City, Florida, Quebec, Monterey, Key West, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Gettysburg (ah, the romance!), Montreal, the Grand Canyon, Washington, D.C., Michigan, Connecticut, Boston, and others I'm forgetting. We travel well together, and it has been fun to explore the world together. Each time I travel alone I'm reminded how much more we are together than apart. It is like I'm not really seeing a new city without Mrs. More there to see it with me. Usually, I'll see something and think: "Mrs. More would like this..."
In that way, I continue to see parallels between our married life and our spiritual life. There is more to be seen in right relationship with God than outside it. There is more to be gained from experiences when God is showing the meaning, than if they stand alone. That is not to say you don't see wonderful things alone, or that great experiences don't happen; they do. But when you enjoy them together with a loved one, something about it is enhanced.
I love Mrs. More, and can't imagine life without her and our wonderful children. As my previous post noted, we've been through "sickness and health". In health is more enjoyable for sure, but simply being together is the most important.
Decade One, happy as can be,
Thomas More
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