Eight Years!

Damon and I celebrated our eighth wedding anniversary today.  It's hard to believe it's been eight years since our wedding, an event my friend Kathryn, who was a bridesmaid in our wedding, was still talking about as we ran the half-marathon on Sunday.  It was truly a memorable event!

Damon and I met during my sophomore year of college, as he was on the Purdue Trap and Skeet team with a guy who lived upstairs from me.  Damon was the "California cool" guy who did things his own way (he had his own glassware at a campus bar for cripe's sake), and he had an aura about him that made people want to be around him...including myself.  I never would have expected the guy, who "wasn't my type" and was "just a good friend," would be by my side sixteen years later, enduring some of the best and worst moments of our lives together.

There's no doubt that the past year encompassed a lot of those bad moments - I think we have lived every parent's worst nightmare.  However, through the sadness, despair, anxiety and grief, we have become a stronger couple, and I believe Granty's life will have a lasting impact upon our marriage for the rest of our lives.

Damon worked today, so I'm looking forward to celebrating our anniversary on Sunday.  Damon's always had a knack for buying me great accessories, and he surprised me this morning with a beautiful new Louis Vuitton handbag and wallet.  Suddenly those two St. Louis Cardinals t-shirts and souvenir cup I brought home with me didn't seem so impressive....lol.  In all seriousness, I am a very lucky girl, and I'm looking forward to celebrating many anniversaries in the years to come.

We've come a long way from our days at Purdue!