As of twenty one minutes ago, girlonabridge and I were civilly partnered nine years ago. (Well ok, the ceremony was in the morning of 5/08/06, but on this day nine years ago…)
I’m a little dazed by this. How has the time gone so fast? I’m still mentally eighteen so how is this even possible?
One thing I will say is that I love my wife more now than I did then - and I loved her a lot then too! As I said, when describing our relationship to a roomful of priests and nuns: “the words ‘this is me, given for you’ aptly describe our relationship. I would give my life for her. I would live for her. I would die for her.” (I said a lot more besides and afterwards they burst into spontaneous applause and I, and then we, received a lot of hugs and blessings.)
I feel so blest to know this love on a daily basis, and I am so grateful. She is my Maggie and my Jocelyn, my Julie, my Ruth, my Seven and my Janeway, my Scully, my Carol, my “solid lump of comfort” my constant, my touchstone and the Moony to my Padfoot. It's always been her.