Comments on: Nine years and still running strong…just like a Norge

By: erika

erika — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:06:00 +0000

Happy anniversary! :) We are at the big four month mark, hehe. Yea, not all rainbows and cotton candy but we’re together through good times AND bad. Excited for the journey and looking at yours makes me smile.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:19:46 +0000

“Norge” is also a small town between Richmond and Williamsburg, Virginia.

Oh and yeah what a great commentary on marriage! We were really young (21 and 22), goodness, I was the first person in my family to get married in 60 years so you can imagine what I knew. At first I thought what were we thinking but now I’m glad we jumped in. That was 18 years ago! Even if that sounds like a long time, life is short.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:22:59 +0000

I happened to be looking at the weather map this morning and there is a town in Oklahoma called Norge. How funny!

By: Sonja

Sonja — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:18:21 +0000

After 10 years of dating, and 6 years of marriage, I knew exactly what you’re talking about when you described being a whiney immature bitch, thinking you could do better on your own – and then you have a baby together, and you realize it’s not all about you and you realize how lucky you are to have such an incredible husband and father for your family. Maybe that’s why everybody always encourages married couples to have a baby! Your line about filling in the cracks for BB is beautiful and inspiring. Thanks for sharing – and LOVE the pictures and especially your hats! You look so Winona Ryder in that third picture!

By: bethany actually

bethany actually — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:15:58 +0000

So did Toby ever tell you what he thought of this post?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:10:21 +0000

Happy Anniversary and thanks for the wonderfully true look at marriage. I am 2 1/2 years into my second one and the first only lasted three years (not my idea). We all come into marriage with such huge expectations…sometimes I don’t even think you realize them until you say ‘I do’ or wake up in your house together that first day. From that moment on, you expect your perfect husband…not the guy you have been dating this whole time who just happens to have your ring on his finger. Hilarious really. Especially when, as a woman, I just went from girlfriend to wife in ten seconds and he wondered where the spontaneous person who would rather go out than cook, clean and pick up his socks went. Here’s to many more for both of us!

By: BeachMama

BeachMama — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:58:15 +0000

Ahhh Victoria! I knew I knew those buildings ;)

By: carrien (she laughs at the days)

carrien (she laughs at the days) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:14:03 +0000

Kay, I love this post.

It’s just so very honest, and true.

I had to learn a lot of the same lessons.

How we think about marriage is at least half of the battle. And choosing whether or not to look at the cracks or the things in between really does make all the difference in the world.

I’m glad BB helped you to start looking at the good things and not just the cracks.

By: kat

kat — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:53:16 +0000

i LOVED this post. i’ve followed along on your blog for years and always felt you and toby matched eachother so perfectly. what a beautiful way you have with words and what a tribute to such an incredible couple and such an amazing 9 years. i hope your anniversary was extraordinary. <3

By: lynne

lynne — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:41:24 +0000

Ahh now I know why that building looks so familiar, its the fancy pants Empress Hotel in Victoria, Vancouver Island”. They have the most divine rose bud teacups for sale in the gift store of that hotel. Sigh, when I am rich I am going back. You flew in a sea plane – how exciitng. I love the sound of them as they land.