Anniversary
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Tags: photo, life, anniversary
Date: 29 December 2008 12:39:30
Today is our first wedding anniversary. I can't believe the year has gone so quickly! It hasn't been at all what we expected (which was, that HD would be working in Scotland, we would probably at some point move somewhere bigger and I would carry on the PhD in a state of contented bliss). Instead, Scotland hasn't been good to us on the jobs front, and as regular readers know the year has involved some periods of separation as HD works down south and I've had to commute between Scotland and doon sooth on a regular basis which has made the PhD seem even more arduous.
I guess the fact that it always a long-distance relationship (when we got together I was in Scotland, he was in Wales) and we spent a large chunk of our engagement with me in Romania and Moldova so only seeing each other for a couple of weeks at that time was good preparation. It has been stressful, but we're still here, still happy, and thankful for this first year.
While I was away, HD bought me a book of Leonard Cohen poetry, and one of those poems particularly struck a chord. It's ever so simple, just two lines, and says "You go your way. I'll go your way too." I think over the course of this relationship, and now marriage, we can safely say that that's what we've both been doing. We've both given up a lot for each other, but gained so much more. Here's to many many more years!
