15 Years & Counting...

Just a short hour and a half from now, it will be official,... the 15 year milestone. It's the year of Crystal,... For me, this anniversary is much more than just a milemarker on the highway of married life. It's a renewal point. As many know, we've hit some pretty rough patches over the years, but have always persevered. We've always been stronger for it, however recently there have been certain issues in our relationship that had been at the root of many turbulent times, and had gone long over-looked, which led us to our separation in January. Technically, we are still separated, but this is temporary. Things are definitely headed in the right direction, and during this time we have worked hard at focusing our attention on keeping a strong friendship going, and rebuilding the companionship we had begun to lose the last few years. He has taken steps needed to work towards resolving the issues he needs to, and I am both impressed and appreciative of his efforts. He has pulled himself out of the dark place he had taken up residency in, and has been proving to me more & more that I matter, that we matter, and that he's willing to fight for us. To know that I am worth fighting for is huge. I still don't know where things will land, but as things sit right now, I have to wonder if I just might get my Happily Everafter, after all.........

So here's to marriage & miracles,.. to love, friendship, happiness & bliss,.. to another 15 years,........ Regardless of anything & everything,.. today, we are celebrating.

Below, is a memoir from our wedding that includes captions from our invitations. These are not the invitations themselves, but rather a piece of memorabilia...
The captions read:
"The most joyous of occasions is the union of a man and woman in celebration of life...

"Two lives, two hearts joined together in friendship, united forever in love...

"As our love unites us, may my family become your family, my friends, your friends..."

Mr & Mrs Robert Arthur Taylor
request the honor of your presence
to share in the ceremony of love
uniting their daughter
Tah-nee Antoinette
and
Mr. John Scott last name
in holy matrimony
Saturday, the second of May
nineteen hundred and ninety-two
at two o'clock in the afternoon
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Knappa, Oregon

"On this day I will marry my friend, the one who shares my life, my dreams, and my love."



(Keep in mind, it was 1992,... we were barely out of the 80's, and the early 90's were still struggling with what was popular in fashion,... hence the haircuts, the colors, the dress/hat, our music "Almost Paradise"... we fit the times, I guess, lol)