Sep 20, 2012
Best nine of my life.
Here we are–younger, thinner, more energetic–in the arrhythmia of our new love.
The slow, steady beat of time has seen laundry, labor, long nights, loss, laughter. You and me, babe.
You and me.
Nine random memories for nine years:
1. The “pub crawl” in London: I’m still so sad you didn’t earn your t-shirt. The elusive Dick Whittington…
2. On top of Pike’s Peak on the 4th of July, 2011. On top of the world!
3. That time we got stuck in the rainstorm in Cambridge and then we stopped to make out in that little gazebo thing.
4. When you wouldn’t make out with me at church that one time. You were “cold” or something.
5. One big blur of pregnancies, laying on the bed together late at night, freaking out about the alien-like movements across my abdomen. Now we see those kids every day (at least four of them).
6. Bringing our first baby home from the hospital, on that first night when he had his days and nights mixed up and I was crying with the delirium of new motherhood and you were just trying to figure out what to do with this weeping woman and screaming baby. “Babe, I really think he just wants to eat again.”
7. The California trip. There are almost no words. Thank you for taking me there. Changed my life!
8. Driving west on I-94, crying and blasting Fisherman’s Blues. You were wearing your orange sunglasses.
9. When you and Phil tilled up the old yard in the pouring rain so that we could have a yard, bumpy as it was. We had grass that year because of you.
You are the love of my life. I can’t imagine this without you. Thanks for loving me.
Perfect post. Happy anniversary and thanks for sharing this!
Beautiful. Congratulations! xxx (We were married on the same day – it’s good to still feel like the luckiest girl in the world isn’t it?)
Ah…I remember the day!! It was beautiful! Happy anniversary you two!
You are always so honest and normal. I love these memories. Made me laugh and smile.
Awww. So beautiful. Congratulations and enjoy your special day!!!
~Abigail
Love, sweet love.
Life, sweet, life.
Love sweet life!
Blessings!
Love this for so many reasons. Rejoicing here!:)
love this! i also love that you use words like arrhythmia. i had to look it up. :)
Beautiful.
He looks just like his dad in this pic.
Had to chuckle at #6!
oh this is SO sweet!
So beautiful.
We are coming up on 9 years in December. A lot can happen in that amount of time, can’t it?
Happy Anniversary!
Ok
Where’s Abraham & why are you holding that 12 year olds hand while wearing your wedding dress….
Oh…wait….
I remember that day, I LOVED that day. Can’t believe it has been 9 years!! Love you all.
Congratulations Molly and Abraham! Love, Bethany
What a beautiful post! So much life lived in 9 years. Happy anniversary Pipers!
This is absolutely fantastic.
Congratulations Molly!!!!
this was a great read. love you both and miss you much cant wait to see you again!
Random, but this list from a grieving widow reminded me some of the helpful thoughts you posted after Felicity’s death. Thanks again– I think of it often.
http://teachingtuckandty.blogspot.cz/2011/12/third-culture-follow-up-piece-with-5280.html
[...] Piper’s ambitious, that’s for sure. With his wife, fellow blogger Molly Piper, he’s raising four kids in Minneapolis, and has written three (thus far unpublished–hear that, agents?) books. Together the Pipers hike mountains (Pikes Peak!), grow jalapenos in the backyard, and give their kids cool names (Cadence, Orison, Whitsun and Morrow). He knows how to have fun but deep down he’s still the son of a preacher. Even at the bequest of his lovely wife, he won’t make out with her at church. [...]