Anniversaries – WOMAN MARKET READY

Let me start this article off by saying; I AM A DATE KNOWER! My poor Husband has to celebrate not just one but two anniversaries. The day we were supposed to get married and the day we actually did (the old best laid plans story—for another time). Not only do I track our relationship in time but I also do the same with all of my other relationships. It is my measure stick of my life that comes from a need to perhaps have some rudimentary understanding of this happenstance called life & relationships.

Anniversaries bring me much joy & some, much sadness as I am sure that is the case for many people. This year I will celebrate the anniversary of the last year in my 40’s as well as the 5 year anniversary of losing my Mom. Those 2 anniversaries are so synonymous yet paradoxical in nature as one event can preclude the other yet they are one in the same. Without my Mom, I wouldn’t be here to celebrate this 49th anniversary of my life. Without my Mom, I also reset the counter on my life—thus I reset the anniversary date of my existence—the before and the after her passing.

I had to be very careful with this. I had to methodically separate these time passages of anniversaries to heal and to start the new life I desired with all the zeal and love for its contents. Now with each year that passes and with each anniversary, the anniversary of my life and the anniversary of my Mom’s passing; I can live the two lives simultaneously with double the benefits. How great the feeling to have loved someone so much to now take that love, amplified and give that back to the world you still live in.

If I have ever loved you in some capacity or another—relationship; friendship; workmates, please know you have an anniversary date with me. It lives on in my heart & mind. Though we may not be in each other’s daily lives anymore, a piece of you has stayed. I hope you celebrate the anniversaries of your life as there is only one life afforded to us. And if we are lucky enough to have loved & be loved; with each anniversary or major life event that divides your passage of time into 2, I wish double the love for you.

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Kimberly

Author; Blogger; Self-Proclaimed “Woman” of all trades and Self-Proclaimed “Master” of some! AFAA Certified Group Aerobics Instructor since 1998; MA Licensed Real Estate Agent since 1995; former Certified Financial Counselor and Passionate Advocator of Financial Education for Women. Tech Geek; Home Cook & Most Importantly, Mother of 3, my #1 Reason for Living!!!