Holy crap, it has been a long time since I posted anything.
I have given up my enthusiasm for blog posting in favour of playing online scrabble. Oh yes, it is true.
Since last we spoke, I have been off on vacation for about two and a half weeks. To be more specific, I had a secret wedding and then went to Tofino for my honeymoon. Har! Har! Har!
This proves, as I have been telling anyone who will listen, that I have somehow learned to keep my own secrets. I have always said that I have no problem keeping other people’s secrets – but keeping my mouth shut about my own surprises and exciting plans has always been a weak area. A ‘problem area’, if you please.
I have been cured!
I have been surprised to find out that the first thing that many people ask me when I tell them that I just got hitched is “Are you going to have children?”
Huh?
Um, no.
The second, and much more worthy of discussion, question that people seem to ask is “What made you guys decide to get married?”
That answer is a little more longwinded.
I suppose that there are a lot of reasons…. Most importantly – I want to be married to Lief because I like him and love him in a way that deserves my commitment. Just as I do no see monogamy in the lowest-common-denominator sense of the word, I also do not see marriage in the traditional way.
Fluttery language aside, I think our vows were pretty genuine:
I call on those present to witness that I,
Angela, take Lief to be my lawful wedded
husband. Lief, I promise to help and
support you as you grow, change, and
become the best Lief you can be, I
promise to laugh with you and have
fun, to listen to you and be
understanding and empathic, to
appreciate you and your skills, talents,
and hard work, and to show you, in
every way that I can, that I love you.
SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!
