Friday 6 May 2011

11 years ago....



11 years ago, at the tender age of 23, I walked up the aisle of a church in Sheffield, South Yorkshire to say "I do" to the most wonderful man in the world. When we married we had only known each other 9 months and a lot of people said it wouldn't last. A lot of people thought I was marrying him because I needed an extension to my visa. A lot of people thought it was being hurried because I 'had a bun in the oven'. There was a sweepstake held in his office, amongst his closest work colleagues, for people to guess when we would be announcing the impending arrival of a little person.

We married on a beautiful May day. It started off extremely foggy but the sun was out in full force by 11 o'clock.  We had a beautiful day. A day I will never ever forget. I promised myself, my life and my whole heart to my man and in return he promised his. What we both got was soooo much more than that.

So today, I want to officially tell the world about how much I love him. He does so much for me!! I'm not the world's best housewife and yet he puts up with that and tidies up after me. He does all his own ironing. He always goes way above and beyond the call of duty. He adores our children (and they adore him). He provides and protects and, most importantly, perseveres!! Even when I'm hormonal or just plain grumpy. But above all... he loves me, and he lets me know that every day in a million small ways.

For that I love him even more.

Thank you God, for sending me my perfect other half. You knew exactly what I needed and sent him my way. Amen.

Happy Anniversary my love!



(PS. You still have time to enter my Giveaway!)

14 comments:

  1. That is a beautiful post. Congratulations.

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  2. Oh bless you, what a lovely tribute :-)

    Here's to your next 11 years together, xxx

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  3. such a sweet post. :) Well done proving all the scpetics wrong! Happy anniversery.

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  4. fabulous, and congratulations

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  5. Congratulations and many more happy years to come! You both looked so happy on the day and I LOVE your flowers!x

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  6. Congrats there Anthea on your anniversary what great blessing to one indeed and cant give enough praise to our God for His many mercies with blessing us with loving ones..
    Oh, and saw some juicy candy below so must peep at that too...
    love and God bless,
    Shaz In oz.x PS doing a new text finally finished today.. praise God!

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  7. May is the month to marry it would seem! Congrats and here's to the next 11+ years :-)
    Hugs xx

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  8. Happy Anniversary! Beautiful wedding photos :) My husband and I met Sept 15th, had our first date Oct 4th, got engaged March 4th and married June 14th and he's almost 4 years younger! Celebrating our 25th next month :)

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  9. Congatulations :) we got married in May too !

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  10. Aww what a lovely post! Belated congratulations on your anniversary. :)

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  11. That is so lovely to read! We got together very quickly too and we're still going strong almost 19 years later. Well done!

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  12. Congratulations! Lovely story! Good to meet you today!

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  13. Happy Anniversary, congratulations.
    C
    xx

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  14. Congrats on your anniversary!!! So happy for you. xoxo

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