Tuesday, December 1, 2009

2 years and counting!


Maybe that should read 6 years and counting huh?

Well simply because it was around this time 6years ago that I first laid eyes on you. At first I had thought it was a gathering of a few corpers from my school who were trying to connect with each other at the NYSC camp until an argument broke out on which school was better, our own University of Technology or your own Ife. You did quite a good job defending the "Great Ife" even though you were easily outnumbered. I didn't really believe you attended Ife 'cos you were just too soft-spoken. Ife guys were Aluta guys! ASUU strikes originated from there for pete's sake! They didn't talk quietly, uh-uh *shaking my head*
Funny thing, but that was all the memory I had of you as we left the place that day -"The Great Ife guy with the quiet voice"

Amazingly, our lines crossed and re-crossed until we found each other working on the same team! I found it so easy to talk to you and you were such a good listener that sometimes I stopped mid-sentence to ask "am I talking too much?" Your answer was pretty much the same every time, "Nah, go ahead. I enjoy listening to you". I would smile and plunge right back into whatever it was I was saying.

We built this friendship of ours for 2 years before we decided to take it a step further. We agreed to turn our friendship into a 'real' relationship. One with prospects for the future. We became committed to each other. I still think you had it a bit too easy , hahaha! I should have let you give me an outright chase. You know, I should have acted coy, and pretended that I didn't know what you were talking about...I'm sure you get. I didn't have the 'liver' I guess. I was so in love! I'd never felt the way I felt with you and I knew in my heart that I wasn't just being infatuated. There was just something about us. It wasn't anything fiery or passionate....I'm trying to gather my words to explain it. There was a steadiness about us. A solidness. Yeah there was passion in our eyes when we looked at each other but we weren't all about passion. There was a fulness. A well-roundedness. Am I getting verbose now? Hehehe!

With you, suddenly, my future was clear and much more defined. And as we talked each one of the dreams we had for our individual futures, it was as though each one was speaking the other's heart! I had always wondered when I was younger if marriage would somehow reduce me and place me behind a man in such a way that I was only allowed to walk in his shadow. I had such an independent mind that I had heard comments like "Enkay, take it easy o! No man wants to feel like his wife is a challenge". I couldn't understand it. So did it mean that i could never rise to my highest height in life just because I was married?
You managed to dispel my fears with your words and I trusted you. Even though they seemed like mere words at first, I knew you were a man who was true to his words.

Exactly 2 years ago today, we walked down the aisle to say our vows. Everything happened so fast and suddenly the minister declared us "Man and Wife!". I remember that day like it was yesterday, the specifics are a bit blurry but these words reverberated in my subconscious....."I believe this is forever"

I kept saying to myself, "Enkay, you are married and this is forever!". I wasn't saying it out of fear but I guess i was trying to impress it upon my self on every level. "This is forever! A life of pure bliss!"

I could tell anyone just how beautiful our lives have been since then and indeed it has. Entwined in that beauty have been challenges. Real challenges that have often stretched us and in the process caused us to grow. Baby, sometimes I looked and I thought,
"how are we going to get over this one now?"
Not once did I see you waver and you weren't just trying to be strong for me. Your faith in God, in yourself and in us has amazed me again and again. To tell the truth, it sometimes irked me. Hahaha! How is it that you are not reacting to this piece of news like I am? How can you stay so strong? Those were my thoughts.
I remember those times too when it seemed like you'd had it and you knew it was okay to be vulnerable sometimes.

Remember those words with which you dispelled my fears about being myself and stretching myself as far as I could even after marriage? You have stayed true to them still. You have been the extra wind beneath my wings constantly urging me to soar and soar even higher. Not once have I felt hedged in. If anything, you expressed concern over my seeming lack of inspiration sometimes.

Today, I celebrate you. I celebrate us. Our challenges and our victories. Our lives and the fullness of it all. There is nothing we cannot accomplish together. This is to our future, so bright, so beautiful.The mere though of it makes me giggle with anticipation, almost like a little girl.

You know what? I can truly and honestly say that today, I love you even more than I did in the beginning.

Happy Anniversary my love!

41 comments:

  1. too sweet!!
    I hope he gets to read this!
    A happy two year anniversay to you and I wish you many more to come!

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  2. Aww what a sweet post, congrats on your anniversary...well written.

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  3. this is soo sweet( and beautifully written!) Happy Anniversary!!

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  5. Awwwwwwwwwwww, congrats! This got me teary eyed.
    May God cause u to celebrate many more happy years together in Jesus name. Iku at aisan o ni ya yin o!

    He must read this tribute o

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  6. "A well-roundedness." nothing beats it when we understand that marriage is a conscious descision to walk the rest of our journey side-by-side together with the other.

    CONGRATULATION for being 2years on a timeless journey.

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  7. ...D extra wind beneath my wings congrats babe
    Dis cool, I think I was tear-eyed too.

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  8. i love the part where u sed there was steadiness!!!
    awwww congrats hun!!

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  9. This is very sweet. Many many more years to come in jesus name. Happy anniversary to you and your hubby.

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  10. girl..this got to me hard..so deep..so beautiful..

    'I should have let you give me an outright chase. You know, I should have acted coy, and pretended that I didn't know what you were talking about...I'm sure you get. I didn't have the 'liver' I guess. I was so in love! I'd never felt the way I felt with you and I knew in my heart that I wasn't just being infatuated. There was just something about us...'
    looks like you got that straight out of the story of my life..lol

    many more years of bliss and endless friendship is what i wish you..

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  11. Oh my!
    I so love this.
    The best I have read in a long time
    Thank God for you both!
    Thank God for men like P!

    and yes o, what God does would be FOREVER!

    You know what?.... your part would be like the light of a new day, it would ALWAYS and ONLY shine unto perfection, beauty, bliss, peace and greatness.
    So happy for you
    May you both have many, many, many ,many , many, plenty,plenty,plenty lovely years together.
    Nna, congratulobia!
    Dalu

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  12. Happy Anniversary!! May your marriage grow from strength to strength

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  13. Happy anniversary dearie, it warms my heart so much when I hear testimonies like this. May you both continue to enjoy the bliss of love. Many more years of happiness and anniversaries...

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  14. awww, bless! beautiful!!!!

    marriage is sweet when you marry the right person.

    happy anniversary to you two

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  15. Many more to you! Odiro easy at all. Congrats!

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  16. Thanks peoples! The Mr. is yet to read his tribute o!
    His work keeps him outdoors more often than not so hopefully, he'll 'stumble' on it soon enough.

    I'm taking the advice of a friend of mine not to hint him at all by giving anything away.

    We'll see how that works out.

    Thanks again Blogville!

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  17. Congratulations!

    Happy Anniversary Dear!
    Awww, I do hope he gets to read this.
    ...beautiful

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  18. congratulobia...here is wishing you guys so many more years of bliss

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  19. Wow!..tears in my eyes as i read d post. Sooooooo moving! Dis una love ehn...na from everlasting till everlasting ti ti laiyilaiyi. May this love & bliss continue to increase & abound in ur lives. Shei!....so touching.

    I hope oga gets to reads this ooo...Iv missed u babes, hw u dey?

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  20. Awww!
    Congrats!
    Many more years!
    xxx

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  21. I love this testimony of your love. Congrats!

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  22. wow..... sweet post.. congrats.. hope he gets to read this...

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  23. congratulations- happy anniversary. I pray for many many many many more years of celebration.

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  24. Congrats luv...40 years to come, the story would not be the same but would be sweeter...can i get an AMEN!!!

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  25. this is delicious...my hubby and I will be 2 in a few days as well and I was planning a post but i might just copy n paste urs...LOL!

    Congrats lady, 2 many more fruitful and happy years...cheers!

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  26. Beautiful, happy anniversary babes!!!
    I love this post...it is solid and full of assurance!!!

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  27. awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. this is really deep. straight from the heart. congrats

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  28. I am like cheesing really hard right now. I absolutely loved reading this Enkay, LOVE it. May God continue to keep you and hubby, may he continue to bless you guys, strengthen your marriage and grant both of you the desires of your heart. AMEN!

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  29. so beautifully written! blessings!

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  30. Awwww....happy anniversary! though i'm a bit late!

    So we got married same month! And hey, listen to me woman, not all Ife guys are Aluta guys, you can ask both my hubby and i :-)

    Hope you had a good anniversary

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  31. Oh my, I feel like crying...This is so beautiful. Sorry I am coming late but congratulations and happy anniversary in arrears.

    May your marriage bring joy, fulfilment and all marital blessing you can think of with each passing day.

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  32. Happy (belated) Anniversary to you and your love, Enkay. I felt truly blessed to read this entry...I really cannot say more than that.

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  33. Happy anniversary in arrears. there's so much joy in seeing relationships grow in leaps and bounds . . . especially when it is a happy marriage. all the best, sis.

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  34. Congratulations! I agree Great Ife guys and gals can be noisy o! I remember us being labelled rebels and more at our NYSC camp! Glad your hubby broke this image :)

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