Depending on who you ask our anniversary varies. If you ask us or our family and friends they would tell you that we were married on December 19, 2009. If you ask the state of Georgia however, they will tell you we were married on December 21, 2009. My husband is one lucky guy because based on a technicality our anniversary spans three days, so if he forgets it he basically has lapsed on almost half of a week. When we were trying to pick our wedding date he had to discuss dates with his General Surgery program director. General Surgery residents are not allowed to take vacations on certain rotations in their training. So my ideal late summer, early fall wedding got pushed to the last day of fall that year. We had a nice small, quiet wedding with our immediate family and close friends. But wait lets get back to the discrepancy in the dates. In the state of Georgia both parties have to be present in order to obtain your marriage license. Well we were to be married on Saturday the 19th but my husband had to work the Friday before and since we didn't live in Georgia (we were getting married there because of family) there was no way he would be able to make it there before to obtain our license. And so we proceeded with the traditional wedding ceremony on Saturday the 19th as planned and then on Monday morning of the 21st we headed down to the court house to obtain our license and deliver it to our wedding officiant. There were a few wedding hangups like him getting stuck at the airport Friday night due to flight delays but thankfully he made it to Georgia at 2am that Saturday morning and we were able to marry as planned. Marriage is full of obstacles that every couple must navigate. In our six years, and counting, we've had our share of tough years and triumphant years and I couldn't have asked for a better partner to navigate those years with. And even more, looking forwards to the years of adventure to come!
Photo Credit: Simply Memories by Rachel Baldwyn
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