We just celebrated the Fourth of July Holidays with Landon’s daughters and granddaughters and an extended family reunion with Landon’s brother Terry’s family. We had three generations swimming together in lakes and rivers, jumping off rocks and floating down (gentle) rapids, watching a parade and fireworks and enjoying yummy meals together. We shared such fun and sweet times and created such rich memories that we’re going to make it a yearly event.
Here at the farm, the garden is producing zucchini, growing tomatoes, and the plump and ripe blackberries are a treat each morning. Our chickens are robust and happy and about to start producing eggs. Life is good.
One month ago, on our second wedding anniversary, June 9th, Landon and I were across the planet from each other–I was in Paris, at the end of my 70th anniversary D-Day tour and Landon was at home in Nevada City.
Before I left, at the end of May, I suggested that we write each other a love letter that we could each read on our anniversary. So he handed me a letter to tuck into my suitcase and I put his card onto his desk.
I wrote my letter on a card I’d saved for many years, which had the Chinese symbol for ‘Journey’ on the front of it. I’d had it on my desk as a reminder that life is a Journey. I know that our life together is a shared journey, so it felt right to write my love letter to Landon on that card.
As I sat in my hotel room under the shadow of the Eiffel Tower and read Landon’s deep and loving words, it felt so good to know that he was reading mine on that same day. When I got home and after I got over some jet lag, we sat together and read our letters out loud to each other.
Soon we’ll go down to the river and repeat our vows, which we did on our first anniversary, then out to dinner at the New Moon, our favorite restaurant, wearing our wedding clothes, to celebrate.
In the two years since we exchanged our vows here, surrounded by family and friends, our relationship has deepened and we feel even more harmony and joy. We’ve discovered that without the drama that can come from upsets and disharmony, our space has opened up tremendous creative energy and expression.
In that space, I just completed my book, “Reunion, La Réunion, Finding Gilbert,” which I had been working on since before I met Landon. His support made completing the book possible and it is now available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Finding+Gilbert
Our book, “Falling in Love Backwards, an Unlikely Tale of Happily Ever After,” came out in 2013. And now we’re working on a “Handbook for Happily Ever After,” to share in a simple, “how to” format, what we have discovered works so well in our relationship. I am also creating a “Handbook for Attracting your True Love, Life Partner,” based on what I did to create the space for Landon to show up in my life.
We’ve started working with couples here at the farm, who come to stay for a weekend of coaching and breakthroughs. And we’ll offer a weekend workshop in the near future. So life is rich and full with time for each other, time for family and time for discovering and exploring our amazing lives.
So stay tuned! Good things to come. Send us an email and let us know how you are.
Wishing you blessings on your life and love,
Diane