After being married for 17 years, I can safely say this
“Love doesn’t excuse our faults: it makes them insignificant”.
That’s what the celebration of love is all about. Loving each other no matter what. I feel blessed to admit I am happy. My family and I love and cherish each other.
As I bask in the joy of our seventeenth wedding anniversary, I am not going to rave about lessons learned or wax lyrical about relationships. I am just content to know in my heart that I am in a place where I want to be, with who I want to be. Someone who is happily tolerant about the way I am and loves me because of it. I reciprocate that love. I am conscious of what I have and I am grateful for it.
It has been a sad-happy time for us since Feb 8, 2010 when my Mom passed away suddenly. But as she would say, “Respect the dead, Celebrate the living“, we hug each other and continue to appreciate all that we have with love and gratitude.
We continue to marvel at the wonderful years we’ve been together. On our 15th wedding anniversary, I wrote a post titled “Secrets to a happy marriage” and I am glad to say I still believe in them.
And in celebration of love, my son took us out for lunch today. We had a pleasant time at our favorite restaurant. On the way back, as we walked, we tackled those little chores we always seem to have. There’s a little pet shop on that road and we stopped to gaze at the birds. Taking time to smell the flowers, in fact. Before we knew it, we had spent an hour there, bird-watching, in the warm sunshine, before we strolled back home.
The birds were delightful.
Celebration of Love
In Celebration of Love, I am featured on Joy of Facets of Joy’s 28 Days of Connection series today. I am so touched that she has scheduled me for Day 9 of the series, today, a day so special to me. May I invite you to visit Joy’s blog to read my post? Click image below to go there. Would love to know what you think.
Linking up with the lovely Unknown Mami for Sundays In My City – from her place, I get to travel the world.
Happy anniversary. Above all happiness and enjoying eachother is what it’s all about. And how thoughtful your son is!
Hi Vidya,
Good to be here again after a bit gap,
So glad to know your 17 years of celebration of love 🙂
indeed this is a great going. The connected links too are very interesting. I am so sad to note about your loving mother’s demise in 2010. I am on my way to Joy’s blog 28 days of connection series
Thanks for sharing these lovely materials 🙂
Phil
Vidya, A very happy anniversary to you all! I always count the kids because they are a lot of the reason why we marry in the first place (or at least, it was for me!) Don’t show my husband the birds 🙂
Wishing you many more years of togetherness, Vidya. God bless the two of you 🙂
I’m so happy you have so much love, joy, and enjoyment in your life, Vidya. Keep radiating all that goodness. We love it!
Happy Anniversary, Vidya & Sury! May you have many more!!
“Love doesn’t excuse our faults: it makes them insignificant”. Very true. Coincidentally, just a few days back, I mentioned that my closest friends and I can point out more of each other’s faults than our worst enemies ever can, but we still remain closest friends because we cherish each other’s good qualities and can live with each other’s faults!
Wishing you many more lovely years of joyful togetherness, Vidya! For me this line of yours sums it up, “I am just content to know in my heart that I am in a place where I want to be, with who I want to be.”
Congratulations Vidya and here’s wishing you many many more years of togetherness. I love your ‘I am happy’ ‘I am content’ posts. They always rub off on me. Thanks and hugs.
Happy Anniversary Vidya 🙂 Such a fun day you had! Wishing you many more years of such love and togetherness. Loved your post at Joy’s, my comments there!
I love you, Vidya ! Happy anniversary! Thank you for sharing stories of your Mom – I love hearing of her, I aspire to be like her, and I know you miss her yet, you carry and amplify, her light so beautifully well. Thank you also for sharing that light and love in my series – I appreciate all that you reflect!
Happy Anniversary, Vidya. I’m so happy for you- a marriage where you are loved and respected for who you are is a precious thing indeed.
I feel blessed to be in a similar place, and feel grateful for it each day.
Vidya, wish you a very happy anniversary and many more to come. Looks like you had a great day, love the birds pics. Will surely visit Joy’s blog.
Those birds are so lovely! Anyone could spend forever looking at them.
My mum always says, God is such a great artist..
Hi Vidya,
Many Many Happy Returns of the day ! 🙂 Wish you many many more years of togetherness. May the whole world love you ! 🙂
A happy anniversary! And truly, your son was so sweet!
What a lovely post! Long live love and friendship, and that wonderful feeling of being right where you want to be in your life! Enjoy your sweet family and happy anniversary:-)
Happy Anniversary!! Such a lovely post. You always have that special magic that makes me smile! ♥
Wishing you a wonderful anniversary, Vidya. The best thing about blogging for me, this year, has been getting to know about you. Keep writing and sharing.
Hugs,
Shailaja
Thank you, Shailaja – that’s such a lovely thing to say! Hugs! 🙂
Congrats on your anniversary, Vidya! How fun that you spent the day together with your family. All the best to you!
This was an absolutely heartwarming post. Thank you for sharing it with us. Happy Anniversary!
And, hello to a fellow minion =)
Elsie
AJ’s wHooligan in the A-Z Challenge
Happy
Anniversary!
You are one of my favorite people in the universe, dear. xxxxxxOOO
Hi Vidya, Happy Anniversary, what a beautiful post and gorgeous birds, enjoy!
Happy Anniversary to you Vidya! A beautiful post! It reminds me that John and I will celebrate our 27th this summer. I’m anxious to go back and read your post that you wrote 2 years ago on the secrets of a happy marriage.
xoxo Betsy
PS I love your pics of the birds. What a fun day the three of you had!!
Most wonderful Vidya <3 It feels good to know that some coupled have shed off their inhibitions about trying to make it work but only to live happily together. Enjoy the love and the moments flowing by.
*hugs* and once again happy anniversary my love <3
I love the quote you posted at the beginning. So very true. I have not been married for 17 years, but I have been for almost 7, and I love my wife and all her faults as she does me and mine. We live in love and life together everyday to the fullest and enjoy every moment of each other.
Happy anniversary!
Great post! And happy anniversary!
Best wishes for plenty more years of love and happiness Vidya. 🙂
Happy Anniversary. May God Bless you with many more wonderful years of togetherness 🙂
Happy anniversary Vidyaji…May God bless you with many years of love and togetherness…
Happy Anniversary Vidya! I am also sorry for your lost…
On January 5 it was my anniversary too 6 years, and I hope that we can be together for the rest of our lives, sharing good and bad times, I know my husband will be there for me, he had continuously demonstrated his affection to me and our children. Thank you for sharing this lovely intimate post from you.
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