As we enter our ninth year together, I believe the time has come to refocus on our relationship.
The first half was focused on us despite the taint of our struggle to have a child. Then we were focused on the girls as you would expect. Now the girls are creeping closer to four and most of the things that held us back from hiring a sitter and heading out for a night have gone away.
In these last four years, Aba and I have grown a bit apart and when we get some time out we each head our separate ways. Our core values are still strong and together, but there has been a small shifting of interests and rearranging of the minor things in our lives.
I'm hoping that this year we will find a reliable sitter that they girls like so that Aba and I can get out a couple times a month. It had always been on our list of priorities, but seemed to slowly get pushed further and further down the list.
Since the family is battling a little cough-cold right now, we didn't go out or really do much for our anniversary. I do, however, have a bottle of champagne and will pick up a bottle of sparkling cider to enjoy with dessert on Shabbat.
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