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June 14, 2007
Ten Years
Dale and I were married ten years ago today.
It was a perfect New England June day, warm, but not humid, with the bluest sky I've ever seen. We had a simple ceremony in what was, back then, only my church but is now the church we go to together. Our children (3 of his and 1 of mine) were our attendants. My dear friend Diane read Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dale's sister Lisa read from both the Old Testament and New Testament, and the guys in Dale's band sang "Let It Be Me" with their fabulous blend of voices and folk guitars. The minister said one of the most beautiful prayers I have ever heard and the sunlight streaming into the sanctuary while we said our vows was breathtakingly beautiful. After the ceremony we headed to our favorite restaurant with 48 of our closest family and friends. We feasted on chicken and beef, drank our fair share of wine, fed each other delicious wedding cake, and danced our first dances as husband and wife. We laughed and cried and loved every minute of that day.
A lot has changed since then. My mother died before our first anniversary. Dale's mother died a few years later and then my father died last year. At the same time, though, our family has grown with the addition of a daughter-in-law and two wonderful grandchildren. We have observed divorces with sadness and we have rejoiced when others have married. We have gained weight and lost hair. We have changed jobs and lost jobs and experienced financial difficulties that we never would have predicted. And through it all we have been together. We have built a life and a family and, just like our wedding day, we have laughed and cried and loved every minute of it. It hasn't always been easy but it's always been joyful because we've done it all together.
So let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb
Happy Anniversary, Dale. I'm so glad I've got you, babe.
Posted by Carole at June 14, 2007 7:00 AM
Comments
Happy Anniversary to you both! What lovely pictures ....
Posted by: Ruth at June 14, 2007 6:48 AM
Wishing you many, many more years of shared happiness.
Posted by: DebbieB at June 14, 2007 6:51 AM
Congratulations on your anniversary. May you continue to smile through your lives together.
Posted by: Chris H at June 14, 2007 6:55 AM
Happy Anniversary Carole and Dale! Your were a beautiful couple then - and now! Wishes for many more decades of love and happiness!
Posted by: Debi at June 14, 2007 7:01 AM
Happy Anniversary!!! To me, you guys are two peas in a pod :-) What a lovely post.
Posted by: Kathy at June 14, 2007 7:32 AM
Snif...so sweet. Happy Anniversary you two!! You are as beautiful today as you were 10 years ago.
Posted by: margene at June 14, 2007 7:34 AM
Congratulations to you both! Your pictures are very similar to mine - lots of laughing and BIG smiles!
Posted by: Charleen at June 14, 2007 7:35 AM
Beautiful. Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Annie at June 14, 2007 7:36 AM
Happy Anniversary!!! May the next ten be as happy and fulfilling! You two are perfect together:)
Cheers!
Posted by: Carol at June 14, 2007 7:45 AM
Happy anniversary!
Posted by: Chris at June 14, 2007 7:56 AM
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!
Posted by: Robin in VA at June 14, 2007 8:02 AM
Beautiful post...and some say marriage is dead. No way!
Posted by: Amy at June 14, 2007 8:02 AM
So sweet! Thanks for sharing.
Happy Anniversary Carole and Dale! May you have many more happy years together!
Posted by: Kirsten at June 14, 2007 8:08 AM
Happy Anniversary! Here's wishing you another 10 years!
Posted by: Cheryl at June 14, 2007 8:35 AM
Happy Anniversary to you both!! And here's to many more- glasses raised high *clink, clink*
Posted by: Manise at June 14, 2007 8:36 AM
Happy Anniversary, Carole and Dale!
The pictures are lovely; you both look so incredibly happy :)
Posted by: Julie at June 14, 2007 8:44 AM
Happy Anniversary, you're a wonderful pair.
Posted by: PumpkinMama at June 14, 2007 8:46 AM
Happy anniversary! As usual, your post is food for thought!
Posted by: Tina at June 14, 2007 8:56 AM
Happy anniversary. You both look so happy in those pictures, as you still do in the pictures you share. Here's to another ten wonderful years, and many more.
Posted by: Rachel at June 14, 2007 8:58 AM
Happy Anniversary!! What a beautiful post! Oh, you look so pretty with all your beautiful flowers.
Posted by: jessica~ at June 14, 2007 9:03 AM
Happy anniversary! I'm all teary now because your post was so beautiful - both the writing and the pictures. I hope you both have a wonderful day!
Posted by: Beth at June 14, 2007 9:04 AM
Do you realize that now I'm going to be hearing that song in my head all. day. long.? Thanks a LOT.
Happy anniversary! You're beautiful, both of you, always have been, always will be.
Posted by: Lucia at June 14, 2007 9:06 AM
Awwww! Happy Anniversary! You look beautiful - happiness comes right out through the pictures. (I'm a little teary...when did I turn into such a girl?)
Posted by: Emily at June 14, 2007 9:09 AM
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Julie at June 14, 2007 9:10 AM
Wow! Happy Anniversary. Here's to many more.
Posted by: Mandy at June 14, 2007 9:12 AM
How happy you both look! I wish you many more years of bliss together, even better than the first decade. Congratulations.
Posted by: jenifleur at June 14, 2007 9:15 AM
What a lovely tribute to your time together! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Posted by: Kim at June 14, 2007 9:23 AM
Happy Anniversary, Carole and Dale, you cute people, you. May you have many more decades of joy.
Posted by: Marcy at June 14, 2007 9:32 AM
Oh, so sweet! Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Kathleen Fivel at June 14, 2007 9:35 AM
So beautiful. You and Dale are truly blessed.
Posted by: Liz K. at June 14, 2007 9:37 AM
Beautiful post, Carole. You got me.
Happy Anniversary! Here's to a happy lifetime together *raises coffee cup*
Posted by: JessaLu at June 14, 2007 9:38 AM
What a wonderful tribute to marriage and the two of you. Have a great anniversary.
Posted by: Birdsong at June 14, 2007 9:43 AM
Happy Anniversary to both of you!
Posted by: Karen at June 14, 2007 9:45 AM
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Carrie at June 14, 2007 9:45 AM
congratulations you guys!!! You look awesome, then and now.
Posted by: Romy at June 14, 2007 9:50 AM
Happy Anniversary, you two look just as happy then as you are now. It is so wonderful to see you two together and the amount of love and respect you have for each other.
Here is wishing you 10 more wonderful years.
Posted by: Kate at June 14, 2007 9:51 AM
Happy Anniversary, and may you still be so happy when you hit your 40th (which we will do in December of this year!)!
Posted by: Marcia Cooke at June 14, 2007 10:14 AM
happy anniversary kids!!!
Posted by: maryse at June 14, 2007 10:18 AM
Happy Anniversary! Such a beautiful story.
Posted by: jillian at June 14, 2007 10:18 AM
Your post was so touching - got me teary - CONGRATULATIONS to both of you. I wish you many more years of happiness and love.
Posted by: Esther at June 14, 2007 10:22 AM
Awww... what a beautiful anniversary post. Have a happy one!
Posted by: hillary at June 14, 2007 10:32 AM
Happy anniversary. What a lovely couple you make!
Posted by: Wendy at June 14, 2007 10:32 AM
Happy happy anniversary! Here's wishing you many, many more!
Posted by: amanda at June 14, 2007 10:35 AM
Awwwwwwwwww...
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Cookie at June 14, 2007 10:47 AM
Such beautiful words, pictures, and sentiments. I hope you celebrate today like you did 10 years ago!
Posted by: Deb at June 14, 2007 10:48 AM
Thank you for that. Happy Anniversary! The two of you are as beautiful today as you were 10 years ago.
Posted by: Judy at June 14, 2007 10:51 AM
Happy anniversary! Looks like it was a perfect day.
Posted by: Sonya at June 14, 2007 11:15 AM
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Elisabeth at June 14, 2007 11:27 AM
That's so beautiful. I'm at work and I hope no one walks into my office because I'm all teary.
Happy anniversary!!
Posted by: Lisa at June 14, 2007 11:33 AM
That was a wonderful post. Happy Anniversary. I am all teary eyed too. Have a wonderful day together.
Posted by: isela at June 14, 2007 11:34 AM
Happy Anniversary, Carole and Dale!!
Posted by: Martha at June 14, 2007 11:36 AM
You're making me cry! :o) Happy Anniversary!!!
Posted by: elizabeth at June 14, 2007 11:42 AM
Congrats!! Wishing you many more years of joy together!!
Posted by: Kim at June 14, 2007 11:59 AM
Oh, Carole, congratulations! Ten years is a special milestone. :-)
And I love the flowers in your hair. You were a beautiful bride! :-)
Posted by: Beth S. at June 14, 2007 12:07 PM
That's got to be one of the most beautiful tributes ever. Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Mel at June 14, 2007 12:09 PM
Happy Anniversary to you both!
Posted by: Dave Daniels at June 14, 2007 12:14 PM
Congratulations to you two!
Posted by: jessie at June 14, 2007 12:23 PM
So sweet. Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Rachel H at June 14, 2007 12:30 PM
Carole, you have such the way with words. Such a beautiful story. Congratulations and happy anniversary to you and Dale! It was great to see you again in NH and to meet Dale.
Posted by: Wanda at June 14, 2007 12:30 PM
Many congratulations!!!
Posted by: Romi at June 14, 2007 12:34 PM
Congrats! It iw wonderful to hear about blended families that work. Mine will be a year this weekend and I know that we will be as happy as you both sound 9 years from now. Congrats again.
Posted by: Debbi at June 14, 2007 12:35 PM
Such a beautiful tribute Carole. You inspire me each time you write like this. Someday I hope I'm half as lucky. I hope the next 10 years brings you mostly immeasureable happiness.
Posted by: Beck at June 14, 2007 12:49 PM
You just made me tear up a little bit!
Congratulations on ten years!
Posted by: elizabeth at June 14, 2007 12:53 PM
Aw... *sniffle*
Happy anniversary!
Posted by: Imbrium at June 14, 2007 1:03 PM
Carole and Dale, Wishing you many many more years of happiness! Lovely post and great photo of both of you.
Posted by: Sara at June 14, 2007 1:53 PM
Happy Anniversary to you both and many more. sandy
Posted by: sandy at June 14, 2007 2:15 PM
I'm getting all sniffly, here . . . Happy anniversary!!
Posted by: --Deb at June 14, 2007 2:22 PM
What a wonderful tribute to your husband and your marriage! Happy Anniversary to you both!!
Posted by: Leah at June 14, 2007 3:29 PM
Awww, so sweet. I'm misty!! Happy Anniversary.
Posted by: Karen at June 14, 2007 4:10 PM
Happy Anniversary !
Wishing you many more years of happiness to come.
xxx
Posted by: Emma at June 14, 2007 4:48 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Theresa at June 14, 2007 5:23 PM
Many congrats and happy years to come!
Posted by: Kristi aka Fiber Fool at June 14, 2007 6:17 PM
Congratulations! Happy anniversary!
Posted by: BigAlice at June 14, 2007 7:12 PM
Here's to many, many more!
Posted by: colleen at June 14, 2007 7:20 PM
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Jennifer at June 14, 2007 7:49 PM
Happy Anniversary and Congratulations! (I may post about the green thing, but I'm being harrassed to get off the computer!).
Posted by: lisa at June 14, 2007 7:56 PM
Congratulations on your 10th year as husband & wife. Thank you for sharing a beautiful glimpse into your wedding day & the photos of you are absolutely beautiful! I wish you both many many years of happiness together.
Posted by: ~Kristie at June 15, 2007 1:31 AM
As beautiful then as now:) Happy anniversary!
Posted by: Annie at June 15, 2007 6:20 AM
Happy anniversary! What a beautiful post!
Posted by: liz at June 15, 2007 8:04 AM
So very beautiful, Carole. May you have many more decades of joy. Congratulations!!
Posted by: Kim at June 15, 2007 8:11 AM
Coming in late but I hope you had a fantastic anniversary!
Posted by: scout at June 15, 2007 9:24 AM
Coming in late but I hope you had a fantastic anniversary!
Posted by: scout at June 15, 2007 9:25 AM
Happiest of anniversaries! Ten!!! Congratulations to you both, and wishes for many more happy years for you.
Posted by: Vicki at June 15, 2007 10:22 AM
I do hope it was a lovely anniversary! Thanks for sharing the pics!
Posted by: Lolly at June 15, 2007 4:23 PM
happy anniversary!!
Posted by: Kathleen at June 15, 2007 7:33 PM
happy anniversary you two! and your smiles haven't changed a BIT!
i hope you win the sock hop yarn carole; it's the colorway "i got you babe"
Posted by: anne at June 15, 2007 9:58 PM
Happy Anniversary - you two seem so perfect together!
May there be a zillion more years of shared joy between the two of you. hugs and kisses to you both!
Posted by: Teyani at June 16, 2007 1:33 AM
Happy Anniversary Carole and Dale! Your relationship is just so solid and together; sometimes I think that facing the bad times together makes a great marriage that much stronger. You two have it and it is easy to see.....I wish you many more years of happiness and love!
Posted by: Cynthia at June 16, 2007 9:28 AM
Those smiles are infectious! Happy Anniversary,
Li
Posted by: Li_B at June 17, 2007 3:52 AM
That's a wonderful story! (just catching up)
Happy anniversary!
Posted by: Laurie at June 18, 2007 8:58 AM
Happy (belated) anniversary, Carole & Dale!
(If I remember correctly, you honeymooned in my favorite town, Belfast, ME.)
Posted by: Liz at June 18, 2007 12:38 PM
What a sweet tribute to your marriage. Happy anniversary!
Posted by: Rennagayle at June 18, 2007 1:38 PM
I'm sorry I missed this in my absence!
Happy belated anniversary to you both!
ANd many more!!
XO!
Posted by: Pippi at June 22, 2007 6:45 AM
Belated happy anniversary!
Posted by: Chris at June 24, 2007 10:27 PM
