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It’s our 12th anniversary today. I like saying it’s the 12th anniversary on the 12th.

12 years ago, wanting desperately to avoid the stress of a big wedding with all the logistics involved, we, with the blessing of our families, married in the small town of Nevada City, California. Don was acting in a one man show there and it was the perfect, charming place in which to marry. Since the traditional day off for the theater is Monday, that was our wedding day. We had 4 witnesses; Don’s brother and his wife, and our married friends who ran the theater. The wedding took place in the beautiful old Victorian Parlor of the National Hotel. I walked down a grand stairway in my wedding dress (found for me by my wonderful sister) and the moment I saw Don I started crying. Don cried. And our friends cried. It was incredibly moving and wondrous. And I remember every detail. I don’t know if I would have if we’d had all the hoopla of a big wedding. We were both ‘present’ in every way.

Did I mention that I had a cast on my left ankle? Oh yes.  Earlier in the summer, I fell down our back steps and broke my ankle.  I had fully planned for the cast to be off by the day of the wedding. But, the orthopedist informed me that my walking cast had to stay on a bit longer.  Tears flowed. I wanted to be a beautiful bride and how could I be that when I had a big old cast on my ankle? Don filled my heart as he has done so many times when he said that the cast would be part of our story. That it made the whole experience richer.

So I walked – carefully – down the stairs, assisted by my sister-in-law.

And it is part of our story.

Happy Anniversary, honey.

Comments

  4. A very happy anniversary to you two sweethearts!
    12 years of sharing your life with the one you love and who makes your heart sing, who could ask for anything more! Love is wonderful!
    Big hugs, Elizabeth

  9. Wishes for a very happy anniversary for you and Don. I wish you many years of shared love and joy.

    Thank you for sharing your sweet memories with us.♥

  11. Happy Anniversary Claudia & Don – great story! Coincidentally, I’ve attended a wedding in Nevada City and it really is a charming little town. Have a wonderful day, you two!

  12. Happy 12th on the 12th. I am just finding your blog via Donna of Brynwood. I am so surprised that I am reading your post today as I am so fortunate that I LIVE in Nevada City for 12 years now. Such a small world…

  14. Happy Anniversary. I hope you have many more…My husband & I had a very small wedding with just our parents & siblings. No one thought it would last because we were so young. But, on Sept. 29 of this year we celebrated 49 yrs together. Don’t give up during not so good times is the advice I always give to my children. Things will always be OK again if you really want it that way.

  18. Okay, I teared up picturing you on that staircase… I’m such a sucker for true romance. I think small, intimate weddings are the best. Happy Anniversary to you and Don~
    Hugs,
    Jill
    PS: I loooove Nevada City! Have you ever been to the Christmas Festivities there? It’s in the evenings (every wed or thur? of December), everyone bundled up, chestnuts roasting… so wonderful!

  19. HI CLAUDIA,
    BEST WISHES, AND GOD BLESS YOU AND DON ON 12 YEARS OF A WONDERFUL MARRIAGE.
    MAY THERE BE 12 MORE
    WONDERFUL YEARS IN YOUR HAPPY LITTLE COTTAGE. RIZZI

  21. What a perfect wedding! Tears are so much sweeter when both the bride and groom cry. The two of you have a rich life and a true compainion is difficult to find. Truly you are blessed. I know you know that. bighugs♥olive

  26. Oh Claudia, what a wonderful story! I bet you were a beautiful bride. Sometimes I think kids these days with the $3,000.00 dresses and expensive receptions get so wrapped up in the “wedding” and don’t put enough thought into the “marriage”. Happy, Happy Anniversary and many more!

  34. Claudia…

    this is such a sweet and endearing story! you are such a charming woman….and to hear you speak/write of your wedding day like this was oh so cute!

    Happy 12 12….This month is also my anniversary…
    I’ll be married 16 years this year….time sure flies when you’re happily married to the right guy! right!!!!!

    ciao bella
    thanks for sharing this piece of you…and be careful you don’t break any bones!

    CREATIVE CARMELINA

  35. Hi Claudia! Happy Anniversary! I used to live in CA and I LOVE Nevada City! It is such a charming town! I love all the little shops and the huge trees and hills. Wish I could live there.
    Michelle

  37. Oh, Claudia – what a beautiful post! You and Don are truly soulmates (sigh…..)… Happy Anniversary!!! No picture of the bride in her cast? Pretty please?… Donna

  39. Claudia,- what a wonderfull wedding,–happy anniversary–
    in such a special place-only few loved people around,- and two happy lovers. I wish you both many wonderfull years to come.
    Hugs, Dorthe

  41. what a beautiful bride. love the dress. nevada city is the sweetest place. i was just in that darling little town yesterday. happy anniversary to the two of you…

  43. Claudia, That IS such a beautiful story! Your story! And you are a very beautiful bride. Love is wonderful. May you have many more years and years of “wonderful”! xo rachel

  45. This is such a sweet post, Claudia! I just read the one with the cast photo, too! You both look SO happy! Happy Anniversary!

  46. Happy, Happy, HAPPY Anniversary, dear Claudia!

    I am crying reading this. It truly is part of your story, and I can always feel the love between you and Don when I read your blog. Good things come to those who wait! :-)

    XO,

    Sheila

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