| Today is the anniversary of the day I pledged to | | | | address is and I gladly accept personal checks!) No |
| God and the world that I would love my husband "til | | | | fun dress shopping or champagne to celebrate this |
| death do us part." There goes that pledge! I think | | | | day. But I accept all the good times I had with my |
| God and the world should be congratulating me on | | | | ex as well as I am forced to deal with all the bad |
| breaking that pledge…if I would have kept the vow | | | | times I had with my ex. |
| “til death do us part” I would be writing this | | | | If I could, I would flip through my wedding album |
| article from death row in a woman’s maximum | | | | exclaiming to my children how happy and in love their |
| security prison! I assumed this would be a hard day | | | | parents were and how much I was glad that day |
| for me to get through having been separated for | | | | happened. So why don’t I flip through that |
| almost a year and in and out of court for messy | | | | wedding album with all those glorious pictures of me |
| divorce proceedings. In fact, I didn’t even | | | | and my ex in love? Because he’s confiscated all |
| remember that my anniversary was upon me until | | | | memories of our blissful day. Is it spite, anger, or |
| last night around 8:00. I’ve talked to people | | | | punishment? I can only hope and pray he’s |
| who are divorced and they tell me they dread this | | | | done this because he holds dear our wedding |
| day like they dread the holidays spent alone or | | | | memories. Maybe today he is flipping through our |
| bathing suit shopping. Me, I have more important | | | | wedding album remembering what fun that day was |
| things to dread…like my favorite bakery running out | | | | and how glad he is that we got married. I doubt his |
| of strawberry crème cheese croissants before I | | | | new girlfriend will be thrilled with this idea but I |
| get there! | | | | sometimes try to think the best about people… |
| I’ve decided to take a different approach to the | | | | yeah whatever, he’s probably cut my beautiful, |
| day. I’m actually rejoicing. I loved being | | | | glowing, youthful face out of all of our photos and |
| married. I loved always having a date for Friday | | | | replaced them with the Wicked Witch of the |
| night, having someone tell me I was loved, someone | | | | West’s mug shot. Still I try to imagine the best! |
| to snuggle up to at night. I’m using my | | | | My point is don’t shun your wedding anniversary |
| wedding anniversary as a celebration of the | | | | date. Use this day to celebrate that you were once |
| happiness and love I felt for my spouse during our | | | | in love…and that you have the great fortune not to |
| relationship (just like I celebrate the day I filed for | | | | keep celebrating this anniversary with someone who |
| divorce and had him served!) No more happiness | | | | you were not meant to be with “til death do you |
| and love, but also no more fighting and betrayal. Not | | | | part”! Or you might be reading this from death |
| as much fun as my wedding day mind you. No | | | | row in a maximum security prison! I thank God I |
| flowers, no cake, no gifts. So far no one has given | | | | only had seven anniversaries and not seventy! Happy |
| me an envelope with cash in it (to those who do | | | | Anniversary to me! |
| want to give me an envelope with cash in it my email | | | | |