Celebrating survival

We've already heard the question several times.  "Is this your anniversary?  Are you celebrating something special?"  The answers, although we don't always give them are, "No and Yes."

No, we're not near a nice, even anniversary date.  But we don't care.  We're celebrating the fact that we've come this far literally and figuratively.  We're nearly 13 years into marriage, and we love each other now more than we ever have.  Staying married isn't easy; growing to love each other more when you're had some hard times is even tougher, and yet we have.  We're very, very blessed.

So no, it's not our anniversary, and it's not a second honeymoon, but we don't care.

Oh yeah, so why would people be asking these fairly personal questions?  What's going on?  We're in the beautiful country of the Dominican Republic eating, drinking, and doing pretty much whatever the hell we want to for a week.  After being together this long we figure we deserve it.