{"id":184,"date":"2015-09-16T00:25:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T06:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2015-09-16T12:19:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T18:19:03","slug":"13-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/13-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"<strike>13 14  15 16 17 18 19<\/strike> 20 Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/p-640-480-881edbf7-747f-444c-a784-a21b6bc90901-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"p-640-480-881edbf7-747f-444c-a784-a21b6bc90901\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/p-640-480-881edbf7-747f-444c-a784-a21b6bc90901-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/p-640-480-881edbf7-747f-444c-a784-a21b6bc90901.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><em>(Note: I originally posted this on our anniversary in 2008, and again in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. This is the eighth year of this tradition.)<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">13<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">14<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">15<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">16<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">17<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">18<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">19<\/span>20 years ago this morning, I got up and took a shower. I was very relaxed, all things considered.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My best friend Mark was in town and was the first person to sleep on our new couch.<\/p>\n<p>I had been living by myself for two weeks in our new apartment. Jennifer was still living with her parents.<\/p>\n<p>After Mark got up and got dressed, we headed out and stopped at Chik-Fil-A for breakfast. We were wearing tuxedos. In a Chik-Fil-A.<\/p>\n<p>We arrived at Church and I saw Jennifer. As always, she was quite stunning.<\/p>\n<p>I remember looking out the window of the Church and seeing friends arrive from several different states. For the first time in my life I saw friends from South Carolina walking next to friends from Ohio who were walking next to friends from Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>All my brothers and sisters were there, too.<\/p>\n<p>It was the last day I ever saw my grandmother alive.<\/p>\n<p>It was the last day I ever saw many friends.<\/p>\n<p>But for that one day, I was exceptionally happy.<\/p>\n<p>And then Jennifer walked down the aisle at the Church and I married my best friend.<\/p>\n<p>It was a good day, <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">13<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">14<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">15<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">16<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">17<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">18<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">19<\/span> 20 years ago. It was a very good day.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/p-640-480-f0b07730-e0bf-45d0-9d5c-ec22d3e9707c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/gregwillits.com\/gregandjennifer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/p-640-480-f0b07730-e0bf-45d0-9d5c-ec22d3e9707c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2015 Update:<\/b> We talked about 20 years of marriage and shared our best advice on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregandjennifer.com\/103\">episode 103 of our podcast<\/a>.  Check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/103\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And here we are, in the summer of 2014, standing in the same spot where we were married all those years ago. &nbsp;Personally, I think my wife improves with age in every way possible:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gregwillits.com\/gregandjennifer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spx19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9635\" src=\"http:\/\/gregwillits.com\/gregandjennifer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spx19-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"spx19\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spx19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spx19-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spx19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spx19.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Note: I originally posted this on our anniversary in 2008, and again in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. 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