As a countdown to my 30th birthday on March 18, I’ve committed to offering 30 people, things and experiences I want to celebrate from the last 30 years. Grab a piece of cake and enjoy reading!
It all started with the shoes. The man wore great shoes. Not your typical upscale LA leather loafers, either. We’re talking fluevogs. I didn’t know at the time that shoes like this even existed. So I did what any self-respecting girl from Jersey would do: I ridiculed him. He didn’t flinch. Rather, he came right back at me.
My heart skipped a few beats.
But I was distracted. I was conducting a lukewarm long-distance thing with a guy from Philly and there was this California boy I had a crush on. Plus my stepmom was dying of cancer. I was certainly not looking to add anything else into the mix.
But like I said – he could take as well as he could dish. It turned out he was also brilliant. And beautiful and athletic and artistic and generous and thoughtful.
And I fell hard. And he fell hard.
Then this whirlwind of a love affair that seemed to be so ill-timed due to death and divorce and age and the whole complicated mess that is life became a relationship and then an exchange of engagement rings and then there was cake and dancing and a honeymoon on Vancouver Island.
It’s been nearly 10 years and I am still having a great love affair that causes my heart to race and my eyes to light up. I still think Scott’s the cat’s pajamas, the person everyone really should meet. He’s the one I’m eager to come home to, the man I always long to sneak away with.
These are gifts I never anticipated I’d be celebrating when I turned 30. And yet here I am.
So thank you, love, for being my co-conspirator in this amazing tale of romance. For being willing to tell the same transformative story with me over and over again. Maybe we can slip away to the Mediterranean this weekend – just the two of us – where we can laugh late into the night and go shopping for Spanish shoes…
Tags: celebration, change, commitment, story, travel
Lovely post – and what a gorgeous photo… have a wonderful trip and happy 30th!!
Love it! Made me cry – have a wonderful second, third, fourth (whatever it is) honeymoon.
I love this. Thanks for sharing. It’s nice getting to read this, because I don’t know you well and I only know him slightly better, and I didn’t know how you met and fell in love. It’s a great and unique story. You’re one of those “power couples” to me, both such brilliant, witty, and authentic people. Enjoy your trip, and keep living a great story.
BTW, I remember those shoes well!
Wow – thank you all!
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Thank you all!