1000 days

It's official.  We have been married for 1000 wonderful days.  This means at least 1000 kisses, 1000 I love you's, 1000 peals of laughter, 1000 shared meals, 1000 miles of evening walks, 1000 answers to the question what did you learn today, 1000 good night's, etc.  Traditionally, we tend to measure things such as marriage in terms of years.  But marriage is a day in and day out relationship.  Each day may have specific challenges and joys and choices.  And it is things done on a daily basis, not annually, that act as the cement to hold the marriage together and make it stronger.

Us standing in front of some major milestones (or limestones if a few letters are switched)

Reaching the milestone of 1000 days is significant but for us it holds even more meaning.  Some cold night in February while I was working on blogs about the years we spent dating I googled how many days it had been since our wedding.  (This may be why we use years to commemorate events instead of days- much easier to count years prior to the Google age.)  It had been something like 947 days.  Out of curiosity I calculated 1000 days and just started laughing when I saw the date.  I immediately went to the top of the stair to yell down at Arthur in the basement-- this is how we share important info.  I had him guess the date.  His first guess was April 15 (I think he had be working on our taxes that day.)  Then the light bulb went off, "It's April 1, isn't it?"  Not only does April 1 mark 1000 days of marriage but it is also the anniversary of our first date 6 years ago.  Some may say it is coincidence but we view it more as a "God wink"-- the April Fools joke is on us.  Omnia Vincit Amor.