Sunday, August 3, 2025

Still celebrating the anniversary of our first date

 The two of us in Quebec City
watercolour and marker on
watercolour paper
9 x 10 inches
Barbara Muir ©
(This is a watercolour sketch I tried to do
as a surprise for Steven quite a while back.)

We were still busy celebrating today with family.  I was looking for
an image that would suit the occasion, and this came up.  I know
you've seen it many times, but it still does the job.  I like the post
that went with it, which seems right tonight:

"Steven and I have two monthaversaries.  How crazy eh?
Twice a month we wish one another 'Happy Monthaversary!' 
One is the Monthaversary of our wedding day.  The
other is for the day we began dating. We started dating
at the end of July, and were married the following June.
We were definitely a case of love-at-first-sight, and I'm so
glad we were.  The fact that we're still together, and I'd say
happier than ever is a miracle.

The kindness and understanding of friends, great advice
from my sister, the therapist, and then a few years of
therapy with a really great therapist during harder times
helped us learn how to be happy, and in love.  Apparently
we make the decision to fall in love on the cellular level. I am
grateful to my cells for that decision.  And I'm grateful to the
wide community in our lives for helping us to grow up
together.

And above all I'm grateful to my sweetheart for loving me
no matter what.  I am so glad we share an overwhelming
love of funny, a delight in our family, and the antics of
our animals.  It's also lucky that we share a love of nature, and
are touched by small things like the flowers blooming
valiantly in our garden despite the high heat of recent
weeks. So Happy belated Monthaversary to you Steven, and
I hope that my other blogger friends have people in their lives who
mean as much to them as you mean to me.

If you don't have someone who loves you this much now,
I am wishing that that person walks through the door in
the next few weeks.  Be ready."

Have a loving your life day.   

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I paint and draw on commission and for shows. To commission a portrait, or purchase one of my paintings please contact me at: barbara.muir@sympatico.ca
A major highlight in my career? Drawing Oprah Winfrey live via Skype for her show "Where in the Skype are you? Galleries: Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, Canada. The Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York City. Gallery at the Porch Door, Kingston, Canada. Your positive comments on this blog mean the world to me. I'd love to hear from you!