8 Años de Aventuras ♥
It has been 4 years since my last sappy post for our Wedding Anniversary. This morning, I want to write, so I am doing it. Tomorrow (well, depends on when I post this) is our 8 Years Anniversary. February 8th 2017 was a beautiful day in Cali, Colombia. We had an outdoor wedding. It was very small, simple and 100% what we wanted. It was one of the best days of our lives. I don’t know which part of our story I want to tell, so I guess we’ll see what pours out.
We started out as friends, just friends. I always thought he’s so cute (a bit out of my league, to be honest). We ran in the same circle back in Dallas, TX. We would see each other once or twice a year, most time actually seated close enough to have small chit-chats. 6 years of one big group trip to Austin and small chit-chats.
Then, 6 months before my big move to Seattle something shifted. I was helping our good friends get engaged - Daniel and Denise. I remember this distinctly because there was a big storm in Dallas. I hate driving and I hate driving in the rain even more, BUT, it was their engagement and I couldn’t miss it for anything. It was a beautiful engagement, the rain stopped for just enough time for Daniel to go down on one bended knee and proposed. Post-proposal, we sat down and again, we were seated and ready for our usual small chit-chats, but this time, something was different. We ended up really digging into big subjects, I remember brain surgery and religion was a big topic. Who knows why. It was a great conversation but we couldn’t keep going because I have a 5 months old Jasper I left at home in a crate and I was eager to go home. So, I went home even though he asked for me to stay a bit longer. A few days went by and the unfinished conversation kept cropping up in my mind, so I messaged him over on Facebook to continue over chat. I wasn’t expecting a dinner invite but I went anyway because that is what friends do. My mind was on Seattle at this time and I wasn’t really looking to be romantically involved with anyone.
Jokes on me.
I often look back to that night and thought, what if the storm was so bad that I couldn’t make it no matter how much I wanted to. I often look back and thought, what if that night we sat farther from each other. What if. I think our timing was just right. Something in this universe aligned for us. I want to believe there are multiple universes where we met each other - over and over and over again - different love stories, different adventures, even different kinds of love but LOVE regardless. Te quiero mucho mucho mucho, Juan Pablito.
I will love you when you are a still day.
I will love you when you are a hurricane.
(from Mouthful of Forevers by Clementine V.R)
Now I am thinking I need to be tying this whole thing somehow to the title of this journal entry, so here are some pictures of us on our adventures. Nothing is in order, all big love.
