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Thursday, March 18, 2010

A pic of Mr. Laurann... it's our anniversary!


This is my favorite picture of Mr. Laurann. I keep it on my desk within easy glance at any given second. That's his 'what the hell are you thinking but I find you damn amusing' look. I get that look often and I love seeing it. Mr. Laurann and I are...well... night and day. Opposites attract and all that but it works for us, life is usually pretty darn entertaining, and he is the love of my life.
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We met in 89' through a mutual friend. He so wasn't my type. I dated physical, outdoorsy, well, buff guys. LOL. Jocks, construction workers - throw in a few bad boys and there you go. I was coming out of a seriously bad relationship - (ex-boyfriend I used to live with) so I'd SWORN OFF men. LOL. I was dead set on being alone for a good year before I even thought I'd be ready to give love another shot. Then that mutual friend invited me for a dinner she offered to pay for with two of her guy friends. I smelled set up but I wasn't in the market so no worries. Free dinner!!! LOL.
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So there he was. Not my type. Tall, thin, way too smart, and a Trekkie. HUH? I had to have that one explained to me. LOL. I wasn't his type either. I was a Space 1999 person myself. Captain Kirk was cool and all, loved Spock's dry sense of humor but Space 1999 all the way as far as favorite Sci-fi shows went in my book. I sat across from him and listened to him talk... and he was just amazing. Funny, intelligent, and his smile... and his eyes... yeah. After dinner we all went back to my friend's apartment and we ended up staying up all night talking. He left for work the next morning minus getting any sleep and I thought... I'll never see him again and was bummed. That night he showed up right after work. We stayed up most of the night talking again. By the end of the third day... I'm old fashioned to a point about men. I've never asked a guy to kiss me but I felt like I'd known him all my life by that point. We connected that deeply. He was such a gentleman and it was driving me nuts! LOL. I asked HIM if he was ever going to kiss me. He did!
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We moved in together in 91'. We had a child together later that year. Our backgrounds are vastly different. I know it had to drive him crazy because he's an upstanding kind of man but I didn't want to get married. Long story but marriage scared the crap out of me. It's like handing the ownership papers over to someone because I deeply believe in marriage. Yeah. That was my take on it. I was afraid all kinds of bad stuff would happen if we got married. I watched marriages break apart around me often. It was like the second someone got legally bound - their relationships turned to shit. My guy opened doors for me, held my hand when we walked side by side, and we had fun! I was afraid all that would change if we got married. I know it was stupid now but I saw it happen time and time again. I said I wanted to live with him for 5 years before I was ready to do the deed. So... we got married on March 18th, 1996... 5 years and 3 days exactly from the day we moved in together!
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He still opens doors for me, he still holds my hand when we walk side by side, and we still have a hell of a lot of fun together. Marrying him was the best thing I ever did besides having our four children. He's amazing. He's always supportive and makes me laugh. We've been through so much together. We've been piss poor. We joke about our bad luck. Every time we saved up money for something... the car broke down or something else equal to. We laughed about it after we flinched. After two decades... I still think that man is hot! LOL. And after two decades... he still makes me feel like I did with that first kiss. It only gets better. That's what I've learned from all of our years together. He makes me believe in 'happily ever after' because every time I look into his eyes... I see the love I feel for him reflecting back to me from him. Every day when he comes home from work... he kisses me. And I look forward to that kiss all day! I guess that says it all, doesn't it? We'd do anything for each other.
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So... another wonderful year has gone by and I look forward to more decades with Mr. Laurann. My big plan in life... to one day shock the staff in our nursing home when they see the old folks who can't keep their hands off each other. LOL! I had someone ask me once how I knew he was the ONE. She said... it's like a fairy tale when you meet him, right? Everything is just magical and it all falls perfectly into place? I told her no. You know he's the ONE when the chips are down, when life kicks you hard, and he's the man who pulls you into his arms, holds you, makes you laugh, and loves you even more... good times, bad times, but ALL times. It's when you go to sleep in his arms and everything is right in the world, no matter what, because he's with you. That's true love and that's what I've found with Mr. Laurann. He's everything to me and I know I'm everything to him.
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I hope everyone has a great week. I'm waiting for Mr. Laurann to come home from work so we can celebrate today together!

13 comments:

  1. Happy Anniversary! What a nice tribute to your "inspiration." :-)

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  2. Happy Anniversary. And what a wonderful tribute to your marriage!

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  3. Congratulations and happy anniverasry, Laurann. Here's to many more!

    Tracy

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  4. Happy Anniversary - your "love story" is fabulous, thanks for sharing it. :)

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  5. Wow! Congratulations on the wonderful years and a big wish for just as many ahead of you. (Minus the dirt poor bit. *g*)

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  6. I loved reading this, Laurann! I'm still madly in love with my dh, too, and we've been together 23 years! Happy Anniversary, and many, many more :).

    Helen

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  7. Thanks everyone! I just ran to the store and picked up a tri tip for dinner. I'm making him a nice one... he had meetings he had to go to so he couldn't take the day off. This weekend we're going to officially celebrate!

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  8. I'm Mr. Laurann and I approve this message.

    Mr. Laurann

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  9. LOL. So glad you do since it's flattering and about you!

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  10. That was beautiful Laurann,
    and I had the best laugh when I read his 'approval' message!!
    He looks very charming and honest =)

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  11. Hi Mel, thanks. And yes, he is both! He's the best, really. Always makes me laugh and does the sweetest things all the time.

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