The half-decade

M and I met in 2002 and became friends, but I was a little slow. It is on this date in 2005 that we trace back the official beginning of our relationship. We went out to lunch together, it was Holy Thursday, right before the long Easter weekend. The weather was gorgeous out, and everyone who knows how difficult winters can be here will relate to the wonderful, special energy literally bouncing off the streets on that first real great day of spring. We took a walk and entered the sprawling campus of McGill University, then simply sat on the outside stairs and kissed. Just like that, I knew my life would never be the same.

I don't ever plan to stop celebrating this date, even if it's just in words and thoughts more than through big presents or grand gestures. Our first wedding anniversary is coming soon in mid-May, but the way I see it, we now simply have two of them!

Happy anniversary honey. We've got a lot done in five years, that's for sure. "The secret to a happy marriage is simple: you only have to choose the right person," I once read. True, that's the easy part; the whole complexity resides in actually finding that person and assessing how you would work together as life partners in the long-term. And even though we're definitely not perfect (is anyone?) and not *always* a match made in heaven, I still never doubted my choice for even a minute. I'm so excited about everything that's coming, about seeing where life will take us.