Way too cool...

So I have now been married approximately 362 days...just 3 days until my one year anniversary. As most of you know the husband and I had a perfect wedding and were living in wedded bliss until September 15, 2008 when our world got jumbled. I consider us one of the luckiest couples that I know...we found out in our first year of marriage that we can overcome horrible tragedy and come out stronger. I figure it we can make it through everything that 2008 threw at us, then we have little to worry about for the next 50 or 60 years.

I can't remember if I ever really told everyone about what was really lost in the hurricane, but one of the hardest things to lose and least likely to get back was our wedding stuff. My dress was fine but most of the mementos were lost. One of the things we lost that I thought was irreplaceable was our Wish Book. Instead of having a sign in book we had a Wish Book (people write down their wish for the husband and I). You then put them all in a really pretty book and can go back and read them down the road. Needless to say ours was lost, or was it...

Apparently my mother, being a very sneaky women, worked to get our Wish Cards replaced. She tricked me into helping her import all of my wedding list into address labels, telling me she needed an address list to start with to send out Easter Cards, since she missed sending Christmas cards. And let me tell you she tells a very convincing story, even invoking how much my great aunt loves to receive the Christmas letters. Anyway, she is reality sent out a letter to all of our wedding guest telling them about our plight during our first year of marriage. She then asked each person to complete a wish card and send it to us at our house for our anniversary. All of this unbeknownst to the husband and me.

So far we have received about 10 cards and it has brought tears to my eyes. So here is a shout out to my awesome mother, who has not only given us a place to stay for 6 months but has also gone above and beyond to make our first anniversary and move home even more special. And also a shout out to all of you that have sent us the wish cards...you have no idea how much the husband and I appreciate it.