Once in a blue moon love story
06/06/2017
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss
Twenty-five years ago today I married Phil McElhaney and it changed the trajectory of my life.
Today I celebrate our once-in-a-blue-moon love story!
On New Year’s Eve, 1990 there was a blue moon. I helped Phil host his annual NYE party. We’d only been dating a few months but when we went out on his back porch to look at the blue moon he told me he loved me. For the first time I said, “I love you, too.”
We married June 6, 1992 and vowed to love and cherish each other “‘till death do us part.” (We left out ‘obey!’) We had an amazing life with love, laughter, travel and adventure. This amazing man showed me what it meant to be fully loved. He taught me how to truly enjoy life. Tragically, only seventeen years Read the rest of this entry »