W is for Wedding

Two years ago today, at around this time, I stood on the beach in Tortola, BVI, and married Shawn Grant Polly. The wedding was conducted in the sand on a stretch of private beach. We stood looking at a ridiculously aqua-hued Caribbean sea through a lovely arch decorated with local flora and some flowers sent by my family. We listened to a lovely island native conduct the ceremony and made our promises with only my oldest friend and her greatest love looking on. I can't think of a nicer place to marry. Since we'd both married in more traditional ways in the past, it was like a dream to go this route. It's hard to believe two years have passed since that moment, and I want to do it all over again when we reach our 5 year anniversary. Weddings have not meant forever for either of us in the past, but this time around we vowed to be each others best and last. I strongly feel that for that to be the case, we need to be mutually focused on something greater than either of us. A shared interest, a goal. So, what if that renewal were to be followed by a return to our own home, right there on the island where our life together began? Maybe that will be something we can reach for, and achieve, as a result of our mutual will...working together. And maybe that shared goal will strengthen us over the next three years. 
And there you have it.