These two little birds on a limb are appropriate today as Evan and I celebrate our 3 year anniversary. It was a long, hard road getting to our wedding day in 2005–it took a lot of work. We liked each other for years in college (and nearly drove all of our close friends crazy!), and then we finally dated for about a year. That year was miserable. We had “Define the Relationship” talks every few weeks, which inevitably resulted in me crying and knowing that Evan would break up with me in due time. Why did I hang in there? That’s a bit of a mystery. I was actually quite relieved when we did break up in the spring of 2003. I was about to graduate, and I could finally make some life decisions about where to go next. Maryland: with wonderful family, including my Grama who is responsible for the lovely bird embroidery.
For several months, Evan and I had no contact with one another. And that was a very good thing. Time and distance indeed made our love grow, and by the fall of 2004, we were engaged. That’s the simplest way to put it. If Evan wrote this entry, you would hear of great anxiety and struggles. But that didn’t happen on my end of the relationship (on the second time around), so I can’t speak to that. Alas, it’s a miracle that we did finally get together. I guess I just always loved him.
Having just made a Valentine for him (I’ll share a picture of that later), I’ll just have to express my love in another way. I’m thinking a nice, old-fashioned love letter is the way to go.
March 13th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I love these birds. They remind me of every bit of embroidery that I loved in my house growing up.