KISS AND TELL — Terry's

One thing you can be sure in this life is that any relationship of meaning will be put to the test in one form or another.  Ours was no different and it was early on that my first test would surprise me.  We were only a few years into our marriage when it happened.  My work involved a fair bit of travel and I was away for a week to a different city.  I had a friend I went to university with who I knew lived in the city.  Being there for a week with nobody around I decided it...

While we had a child to begin our married life, love was still fresh and new for us.  Thankfully we had family and friends that loved to babysit so that we still had plenty of time together as a couple.  Aside from that, one child doesn't limit your ability to do adventurous spur of the moment things.  Our young age probably helped with that as well, being more energetic and eager.  For us day trips were a staple in our marriage and even as a family, even now to this day they still are.  I know some people have to...

Having a child brings a whole new chapter to your life, one that really nothing can prepare you fully.  We did books, classes and tried to learn everything we could about parenting but the joy and challenges are never quite captured outside of being in the moments.  And that first little while with each child, but especially your first, is sheer survival.  I try and tell people that when they have a new child that it is completely normal for awhile to be simply in survival mode.  Our first was not typical in many ways.  I recently read a joke...

After the movie things got to that crazy amazing stage where nothing else in the world matters except for seeing that person.  Our every spare moment was spent together, we couldn't get enough of each other.  Some people take it slow and steady but we were more of a hot and heavy couple.  We were both young and foolish, so responsibility and priorities kinda went out the window.  When we weren't together all we could think of was being together.  I remember when we became an official couple cause it was after a great evening together and I was parked...

I usually was the one who did the pursuing when it came to women but this girl was different.  She pursued me and was always one step ahead of me.  Eventually I would discover that she never pursued men and I was her first full on pursuit.  So it is fitting that our first sort of date was initiated by her.  She asked if I wanted to go see the movie "The River Wild".  In all honesty I didn't really care what movie it was but if she wanted me to go I was absolutely going to be going.  The...