Better than if it had been an anniversary

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Better than if it had been an anniversary

When DSD was married earlier this month, she and her DH asked us all to write notes for a time capsule they'll open on their 20th anniversary. We have been blessed to see DSD three times this year (it averages more like once) and her time capsule reminded me that our previous visit, a camping trip in the Rockies, had ended the day that would have been my 20th anniversay if I were still married to my first husband. But if it were, I wouldn't be married to my DH (her dad), and I wouldn't have spent the day with her. My LO further documents why this day was better than if it had been an anniversary. The photo is of me and my current DH, as I don't havenor would I want to put pix of the one I married in 1989 in this 2009 album.The journaling reads:August 19, 2009 would have been my 20th wedding anniversary - if I ahd stayed in my first marriage. Perhaps, instead of documenting that, I should have pretended there was nothing significant at all about hte day. After all, my current marriage is the only one that really matters (And thats why I'm usuing this photo).After waking up in Crested Butte with lots of famil nearby, we took the wonderful trip through the Rockies I have documented on some of the previous pages. We then drove from Colorado to Farmington, NM to honor a tradition we held throughout all three of our vacations this year to visit a town called Farmington, which is alos a nickname Don sometimes calls me. (Ellington Farmington Porter.) In Farmington, we watched Don's appearance on the show “Dark Blue,” which I believe is the first time he's been seen by a national audience.Still, I didn thing about what could have been at least once that day. The drive between Pueblo, CO and Farmington was difficult for me. I supported Don's decision to not stop for dinner prior to Pueblo, because we needed to get out the Rockies before dark. But, I did not appreciate his insistence on driving and checking into our room in Farmington before we ate. Adding further to my distress, the first room the motel in Farmington gave us did not unlock correctly, and we had to vehemently insist on a new room. By the end of it, I was regretting what was instead of what had been.But in hindsight, I know I could not have asked for a better day.I have documented this fact twice. Here, and in anote I wrote to Holly at her wedding reception for the time capsule she and Rob will open on their 20th wedding anniversary. I of course hope to God that will be a day of celebration for both of them. But more than that, I hope they will have as special a day on Nov. 7, 2029 as I did on Aug. 19, 2009.And the photo caption: I'm excited about what April 15, 2020 will bring! (That is my new 20th anniversary.)There is a page this one is somewhat inspired by, I used the Bookmarks challenge to help me pick one of several great “real” anniversary LOs to lift. I will post the great LO I partially lifted in the Pea Praise.