
about craig.
so, i wrote him a letter today. a love letter.
you see, tomorrow is january 11th.
we met each other 22 years ago on june 11th. then, we were married two years later on july 11th. and in just six short months, we will be celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary on the 11th. so, you see, i've been thinking about the 11th...
and, i've been thinkin' about our upcoming anniversary.
so today i read all our love letters. you see when we were dating and newly engaged, craig worked on fishing boats in alaska for months at a time. he was gone, in the middle of the bering sea, with only a few visits to port. we wrote letters to each other - to stay in touch. and when he was in port he would mail his letters to me and receive all of mine. i have saved this stack of letters. and today i read the set dated january 1992.
i loved reading craig's words and the emotion conveyed. it immediately sent me back in time to those days of early love. my favorite letter contained the words i spoke in response to his proposal. i have a very strong visual memory of our engagement where we ate dinner, what i wore, where we were seated, champagne brought to the table, people watching us in the restaurant and all the emotions i was feeling at the time. although trying to recall my response is just a blur. but he wrote them down verbatum. i'm so happy they are preserved within this letter for i could not remember my exact words--- except that of course i said 'yes!'
so today i spent time reflecting on january 1992. i spent time thinking of craig. i spent time thinking about us. all day. it felt good. i need to do this more often. as parents, our time is filled with the kids and happily so. but it is also good to spend time on us. so, i'm hatching a bit of a plan and...
it begins with a love letter written to craig that he will receive on the 11th.