Vows
I miss my Roi right now, and for whatever reason that sent me on a hard-drive hunt to find our wedding vows. Our ceremony was very informal - we wrote the whole thing ourselves, save a small bit that our friend (who officiated) contributed, and we were barefoot on a Pacific Northwest beach. Yep, the one in the photo, and yep, you can see the spot where the ceremony happened in the photo too. It was very west coast.
Most of it is private, but I’m in a sharing mood today. As such, here is the most significant quote from Roi:
Respect you for who you are,
And help you become who you want to be.
And he does that, day in, day out. And he does that, tirelessly. He’s so good to me - how I ever got so lucky is something I often wonder.
As I explore who I am, how I love and what I truly value in life, he’s been my pillar of support. I am sometimes not the easiest nut to put up with, and damn, some days I ask a lot. And he’s never, ever, denied me anything. That is truly remarkable.
Every damned day, for well over a decade now, I wake up a little more in love than I was the day before.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
He’s truly wonderful but then so are you. I’ve got the same situation with Tom for nearly two decades now, and know just how rare it is.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:41 am
I won’t lie, it’s difficult to imagine how your situation can work but I am glad that it does for you.