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15 years!
Dec 16^th, 2008 at 10:32pm

A week from this Friday, the day after Christmas, Gary and I celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary!

We met in 1979. I was a Jr. in high school. He would have been a Sr. if he was still in school, but he and school parted ways two years earlier. I didn't know then we were meant to be together. He did.

We dated until I left for college. I went to a Quaker College. He joined the army.

12 years later he tracked me down. He was in Seattle. I was in NY. We talked on the phone every night for hours and hours for three months. I got on a plane on Christmas day and flew out there. He asked me to marry him, and I said yes without any hesitation. OK. So our first wedding wasn't technically the legal one, but we said our vows and made our commitment. I flew back to New York. He packed his things and drove cross country in the worst Winter storm of the 90s. He made it in three days.

Gary is my one true love, my soulmate, my best friend, and my partner in life and for life.

We've spent the last 15 years making up for the 12 we missed spending together. We are also partners in business; we spend 24 hours a day together. We've never spent the night apart and hope we never have to.

We get to celebrate our legal 15 years on July 26.

Sadly, we don't have any pics from December 1993.

But here we are on our July wedding day. (In the 7 months, we got rid of the apartment and most of our stuff, bought an RV, drove from NY back to Seattle, then from Seattle up to the Alaska Highway, fishing and gold panning. We got married again at mile 0 of the Alaska Highway - Dawson Creek, BC. We let family know 2 days before, knowing full well they'd never be able to make it up in time. We love them dearly but it was a glorious day!)

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Laurie *grinning like crazy with such happy memories*

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Frank_W CH.com Alumnus Offline BOHICA!!! Posts: 4213 Right behind you... Gender:	Re: 15 years! Reply #1 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 10:35pm WOW!! Fantastic!! What a romantic story. Happy Anniversary!!
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George CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Black-Billed Magpie Posts: 8126 Boise, Idaho USA Gender:	Re: 15 years! Reply #3 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 10:50pm Happy anniversary, you two. And many, many happy years to come. All the best, George
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ClusterChuck CH.com Alumnus Offline The BEAST rises again, and again, and again, and . Posts: 5394 Greenville, North Carolina Gender:	Re: 15 years! Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 11:24pm Garys_Girl wrote on Dec 16^th, 2008 at 10:32pm: We met in 1979. I was a Jr. in high school. KERAP!!! NOW I feel VERY old! In 1979, I was already out of the Navy, married, with two kids .... Congrats on your 15 years! Here's to many MANY more! Chuck, the old geezer
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: 15 years! Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 11:32pm Terrific story and congratulations! Charlie
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Re: 15 years!
Reply #6 - Dec 16^th, 2008 at 11:49pm

Awww...You guys look great together and the happiness is so evident in your eyes.

Congrats on your upcoming 15th Wedding Anniversary! People like you, and other friends, including my older sister who has been with her husband for 40 years give me hope (he was her first). My wedding anniversary is the 29th of this month - 4 years and we're crazy for each other. I absolutely adore him. I pray it will stay this way for the rest of our lives.

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Re: 15 years!
Reply #7 - Dec 17^th, 2008 at 12:57am

ClusterChuck wrote on Dec 16^th, 2008 at 11:24pm:

Garys_Girl wrote on Dec 16^th, 2008 at 10:32pm:

We met in 1979. I was a Jr. in high school.

KERAP!!! NOW I feel VERY old! In 1979, I was already out of the Navy, married, with two kids ....

Congrats on your 15 years! Here's to many MANY more!

Chuck, the old geezer

Hey chuck, ya old geezer, you're just counting wrong! Gary hates birthdays, so he took the average life expectancy of a male in the U.S. and started counting back down. When he turned 38, he celebrated his 37th birthday again. So this year he celebrated 29! He likes the theory of clearing the cake. And any empty cake after what would be 74. So then you get to be a kid again, and you can start counting up again. Grin

Oh - and if you're into fresh water fishing, NOTHING beats northern BC and the Yukon! We caught jacks larger than any muskies down in MN, WI and MI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laurie Smiley

I really do feel lucky to have such an amazing man in my love. He truly is the beat of my heart, the song on my lips, and the sparkle of my eye.

He registered recently as DeathsHead, and I hope he'll move from lurking to sharing.

....but I did forget to tell you one of the exciting parts of the trip We found enough gold to have it made into my wedding ring. We had enough melted down to make the ring, and had lots of little nuggets then placed around it. All the gold we found was 23 - 24 carat (on a legal claim run by friends) so it's really soft. But like us, it just mellows with age.

Our plan was to get married the 26th of every month in every state. I think we've waited too long to complete that goal. But hopefully we'll get to a place where his clusters will let s begin that journey. (THANK GOD FOR TELECOMMUTING and the technology to do so easily while on the road now).

Thanks everyone for the wishes! I'm just a really lucky person and very, very blessed. Smiley

Laurie

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Re: 15 years!
Reply #8 - Dec 17^th, 2008 at 1:04am

Langa wrote on Dec 16^th, 2008 at 11:49pm:

Awww...You guys look great together and the happiness is so evident in your eyes.

Congrats on your upcoming 15th Wedding Anniversary! People like you, and other friends, including my older sister who has been with her husband for 40 years give me hope (he was her first). My wedding anniversary is the 29th of this month - 4 years and we're crazy for each other. I absolutely adore him. I pray it will stay this way for the rest of our lives.

Langa

If you're still so crazy for each other after 4 years, I really think you've found your man. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smiley

Happy almost anniversary to you two too! C'mon - give us a pic! Dont' leave us hanging out there alone! I LOVE seeing people's beautiful wedding get up. But it just wasn't our thing. Grin

Laurie

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MITYRARE CH.com Old Timer Offline autocross racer Posts: 361 Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: 15 years! Reply #9 - Dec 17^th, 2008 at 1:24am Congratulations! What a great story about love that is meant to be, can "be" Paul
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sandie99 CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Wish it, dream it, do it - inspite the pain! Posts: 11975 Finland Gender:	Re: 15 years! Reply #10 - Dec 17^th, 2008 at 4:32am What a great story you two have! Wow. And congratulations! Sanna
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: 15 years! Reply #11 - Dec 17^th, 2008 at 6:49am Neat story, and congratulations!! Hubby and I celebrate our 11th on Jan. 30th. We definately are not publically affectionate, but we still feel the same way for each other as we did the day we met.
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Jackie CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Go For It!!! Posts: 5903 Goshen, IN Gender:	Re: 15 years! Reply #12 - Dec 17^th, 2008 at 7:29am Sounds like you all were 'meant to be' Congratulations! Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Much Love, Jackie
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