Five years ago today, a woman I had known for only a few weeks went with me to see a movie called Punch. It was our second date. And because it took place the day before Valentine’s Day, and because we were technically just friends and not officially “dating” yet, I gave her a home-made card with a picture of the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party from Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, and wished her a happy “un-Valentine’s Day”.
Three years ago today, that woman married me.
Two years ago today, we celebrated our first wedding anniversary with friends, after visiting our nine-day-old twins in the hospital.
Today, we … stayed home with the kids, all three of them. (The third one will be one month old tomorrow, though it feels like his one-month birthday should be today, because he was born less than an hour after midnight.) And we hung out with our friend Magnus, who dropped by after work for a few hours.
Nothing spectacular. These days it’s a relief just to get a nap sometimes. But it’s cozy. Life is good.
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