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11,000 Kisses


Eleven years ago, almost to the hour, I was running down Bath Street in Santa Barbara crying and screaming.  It was the night before my wedding.  I was crazy.  Most of all, I was scared.  It wasn’t that I didn’t want to get married.  In fact, never in my life had I loved someone so much but with that love came deep veins of vulnerability.  I knew, I was betting my heart and it frightened me into a frenzy.

Thankfully, fate knows better than odds.  Tomorrow, we are celebrating the 11th anniversary of our public wedding vows and I love Brent at least  11,000 times more now then I did then.  If you would like, you can read the story of  how we met and got engaged three months later, despite me being a bit psycho. That post, Psycho to Princess, is my favorite post ever.

It’s late and because I want to spend time with the man I write of, I’ll leave you with the slideshow he made me last year for our anniversary and a playlist.

Brent, no music, no words, no kiss, will ever be able to express of the depths, heights, and widths of my love.  Still, I try.

Joga – Bjork – Some of my favorite lyrics ever.  (Youtube link)

Love Song – The Cure – Robert Smith says it perfectly.  (Youtube link)

My Little Corner of the World  – Yo La Tengo (Youtube link)

Breath Me – Sia (Youtube link)

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol (Youtube Link)

Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley – This version is FAR SUPERIOR to the one that Shrek made popular. (Youtube Link)

Angel – Massive Attack – (Youtube Link) – Powerful video.

No One’s Gonna Love You – Band of Horses – (Youtube Link)

Beautiful – Smashing Pumpkins – Such simple sweet lyrics. (Youtube link)

Such Great Heights – The Postal Service –  (Youtube Link) The song in our slide show was an Iron and Wine cover of this song.

As usual, thanks for reading, friends.  I’ll get back to health and fitness next week.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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16 Responses to “11,000 Kisses”

  1. On October 9, 2010 at 5:29 am homecookedem responded with... #

    Awwwwwwwwwww, this is SO sweet!!!!! Happy Anniversary!! I just LOVE hearing sweet love stories like this. It makes me so happy!! :) Have a wonderful time celebrating!!

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  2. On October 9, 2010 at 9:25 am Katie responded with... #

    Happy Anniversary!! Have a great day!

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  3. On October 9, 2010 at 6:43 pm Lisa @ I'm an Okie responded with... #

    so beautiful. Thanks for sharing the video. I have a smile on my face now.

    Reply
  4. On October 9, 2010 at 10:09 pm Alyssa responded with... #

    Happy anniversary!!!!!

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  5. On October 10, 2010 at 9:39 am Tamara responded with... #

    Happy anniversary to you and Brent!! Kelly and I met on Halloween 2009 and got engaged on New Year’s Eve! And we’re getting married in Vegas on the 22nd, 9 days shy of a year since we met. Love the whirlwind romances! Enjoy your awesome day.

    Reply
  6. On October 10, 2010 at 1:07 pm Carbzilla responded with... #

    Happy Anniversary!!! You two always inspire me to get more photos of us together. We’ve slacked off on that. You guys have so many good ones!

    Reply
  7. On October 10, 2010 at 2:19 pm Jessica responded with... #

    11 years! Time flies.

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  8. On October 10, 2010 at 6:57 pm michelle responded with... #

    Happy 11 years! Angel is one of our “songs” too :-)
    xo

    Reply
  9. On October 11, 2010 at 5:21 am charlotte responded with... #

    Happy Anniversary! You two are one of my fave couples – soooo cute together!

    Reply
  10. On October 11, 2010 at 11:16 am Erin responded with... #

    Happy Anniversary! I love every year!

    Reply
  11. On October 11, 2010 at 3:21 pm Retta @ RunRettaRun responded with... #

    Happy anniversary, sweets!

    Reply
  12. On October 11, 2010 at 3:59 pm Gram responded with... #

    Happy Anniversary to you !!!!

    Reply
  13. On October 12, 2010 at 8:00 pm lynn @ the actor's diet responded with... #

    awww!!! my brother got married to jeff buckley’s “hallelujah” – so beautiful. i freaked out before my wedding too. seven years later i haven’t regretted one second of it.

    Reply
  14. On October 19, 2010 at 11:15 am bnims responded with... #

    I love you so much!

    Reply
    • On October 19, 2010 at 11:18 am jennincat responded with... #

      I love you too. More than any song can ever say.

      Reply
  15. On October 22, 2010 at 9:48 pm Deb (Smoothie Girl Eats Too) responded with... #

    Speechless. Amazing.

    Reply

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