Yesterday Nat and I “celebrated” (we didn’t really want to do anything so we didn’t) our 6th wedding anniversary. When I look at this picture I see two much younger looking (ahem, and smaller) people. But six years isn’t really that long in the grand scheme of things. It has been a fun bumpy ride but I have a feeling this is still just the beginning.
Not that our wedding anniversary isn’t a big deal to me but today marks an even greater anniversary for me personally. Today I have officially lived somewhere the longest. Previously it was five years in Arizona but I never liked to hold to being from there because I don’t really remember any of it because I was so young. But as of today I have now lived in Florida the longest. If you know me well, you know this has been driving me crazy. I still like to think of myself as a nomad and now I am not sure I can claim that. I still won’t say I am a Floridian but when people ask me where I am from now I don’t feel like I can say nowhere, I need to say, Florida. Especially, now that Genevieve and Seth were both born in the same hospital it ties me closer to this one particular place.
I have usually been a little stunted in the relationship area because I have always figured it best to not get to close to people because I am going to leave soon. I had good friends everywhere I lived but once I left a place, I left it behind me because now it was time for somewhere new. Now I have been feeling like I really need to drop those habits and allow myself to become close friends with the people in my life and allow myself to be apart of the community I am in. I should be (so I have been told) sad at the thought of leaving people. I guess I don’t want the nomadic kind of life for G and Seth but I also don’t want their point of view to only be of one place and one people group. I have been telling myself it is okay for us to stay put because we are on school schedules so we can still travel in the summer. But, can I see our little family here when the kids are in High School? I don’t know. But for now, I am Sarah-Ginny and I am from Florida.
So, happy Anniversary Florida! By the way we celebrated this Anniversary by going to the beach and are now enjoying an afternoon thunderstorm (a very Florida day).
6 Comments
May 26, 2009 at 1:15 am
happy anniversary!
6 years? can’t believe it’s been that long,
i love your post about relinquishing nomad status too
May 26, 2009 at 2:11 am
Happy Anniversary, time does fly.
What about total time in AZ?
May 26, 2009 at 11:42 am
Okay well total time in AZ including High School (we moved back when I was in high school) was 7 or 8 years depending on how you look at it. But even that wasn’t in the same place Mesa and Tucson.
May 26, 2009 at 3:07 pm
your reception was so beautiful! it’s also just about the only part of the day i remember.
congratulations again! and these six years better just be the beginning!
June 6, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Happy Anniversary. You could say you are from everywhere. Having now lived in GA about twice as long as NM where I am still “from”, I understand your struggle saying you are “from” FL.
Thanks for posting. Love y’all.
June 21, 2009 at 11:24 am
And I am so happy you are in Florida! I’ve enjoyed getting to know you and hope you are around for a while:)