In Praise of Tin
Did you know traditionally ten years is the tin anniversary? Not very romantic, is it? And yet, the more I think about it, the more apt it seems to me that this milestone should be marked with this malleable metal.
When I think of tin, I think of the camping dishes The Man I Didn't Marry and I used to have. By the time we didn't get married afterall they were scratched and dented, battered and changed from years of use, but still holding on to their basic shape and function. I imagine that a decade old marriage is a bit like that. It's not the bright, shiny new thing you started out with anymore; by now it's been knocked about a bit, picked up a scratch here and a dent there and been bent a bit out of shape along the way, but if you look past all that, it's still the same thing it always was. Now, though, it's been tested and experience has proved it can stand up to whatever life throws at it.
Today is my ten year anniversary. Well, "unnaversary" is a more exact (if made up) term, I guess. Ten years ago tonight, I was supposed be signing the contract that officially recognize the start of my brand new, shiny life. Instead, I signed a lease for my very first apartment and started out on a new life--one that was very different from what I'd been planning only a few short months before. And now, a decade later, I realize that while I've picked up my share of dents, I'm still in pretty good shape--malleable enough to bend with the inevitable knocks along the way, but strong enough to hold my shape in the end.
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Happy Unnaversary. I'm sending you my tin heart as a gift. :)
Happy unnaversary from me also! Funny how we remember certain dates so well!
That's so funny; our 10th anniversary is in September. We are most definitely twins.
I got a divorce on my tenth anniversary. I thought it fitting. But I have to agree about the dings and dents. Some people can rock with them, I just needed a new shape all together.
But enough about me. Congratulations on the Tenth Anniversary of You and Your Life! That is definitely worth celebrating. :)
Congratulations on 10! You've built a powerful life with your two beautiful girls.
