{"id":35,"date":"2011-05-28T00:45:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T05:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/puzzle-peace.com\/?p=35"},"modified":"2011-05-28T00:45:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T05:45:50","slug":"happy-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/puzzle-peace.com\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"Happy Anniversary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is our 16th<\/sup> Wedding Anniversary; seems like yesterday and forever all at once.\u00a0 When I was a kid I heard what adults said about the statistics of young girls growing up without fathers.\u00a0 I listened and I knew that I didn\u2019t want that to be me.\u00a0 I was determined not to marry into a loveless relationship or continuously look for love and attention in all the wrong places.\u00a0 I wrote out my ideal husband.\u00a0 I was 12.\u00a0 Dark hair and eyes, not too tall, soft spoken, likes music and loves kids.\u00a0 The list went on for a whole page.<\/p>\n

Pasith and I met in drafting class in high school in January of 1993.\u00a0 I was a year behind him but went into his class to finish up work before exams.\u00a0 We had a mutual friend\/acquaintance that I was talking to and Pasith came up and the childish banter started.\u00a0 It was like grade 6 all over again.\u00a0 Meet in the hall, give a little shove. \u00a0See the other one in the cafeteria; steal a few fries, etc. \u00a0We continued this highly recommended behavior for about 2 months before even knowing each other\u2019s names.\u00a0 I gave him my phone number, he jumped a snow bank and the rest is history.\u00a0 We were inseparable much to my Mom\u2019s dismay.<\/p>\n

Neither of us had ever known anyone that could really understand how the other one felt.\u00a0 We both knew trauma.\u00a0\u00a0 We both knew heartache.\u00a0 We felt like we had known each other forever.\u00a0 Like we had just been separated for a while and had found each other again. \u00a0We knew we would get married within a few months of dating.\u00a0 I thought about that list that I had written and got it out and checked off every line. \u00a0I now believe that there is no way around it – that was divine intervention.\u00a0 \u00a0I had a detailed description of Pasith 4 years before I met him.\u00a0 We had some tough times over the years just like other couples but through it all there has been no question that we will be together whatever we face.<\/p>\n

One of my great pains was not having a Dad to share with Pasith, especially now that his Dad is gone as well.\u00a0 I know how much it would mean to Pasith to have a Father-in-law like my Dad.\u00a0 According to my Dad\u2019s family they would have gotten along very well; both being quiet, deep thinkers.\u00a0 What I wouldn\u2019t give to have them together.\u00a0 And that fact, that they are forever separated, I can\u2019t have both my husband and my Dad is a fact that I don\u2019t think I will ever get over completely.<\/p>\n

But, I am also so thankful that I have Pasith in my life.\u00a0 He is my rock and has gotten me through some very difficult times.\u00a0 As I have done for him as well.\u00a0 We are opposites in some ways.\u00a0 The things that used to drive us nuts about each other are now what we rely on in each other.\u00a0 His passive, laid back attitude used to drive me crazy.\u00a0 My sometimes frenetic, anxious, get it done yesterday attitude used to drive him crazy and still does.\u00a0 But we also rely on these qualities.\u00a0 Me to light a fire under him every once in a while and for him to put out the fires and keep me calm, more often.<\/p>\n

We are a team and we can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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