Red Cotton

July 30, 2013

Two years ago, amidst the scorching sun and towering Rocky Mountains, on a day we planned down to the last detail for over 18 months leading up to it, and surrounded by those nearest and dearest to our hearts, M and I traded our wedding vows. While it's completely unknown to either of us where our life together will take us, we were willing and ready to find out. And here we are, over 16,000 km from where we started, and yet barely off the start line. An incredible beginning, and so much more ahead.

M is a traditionalist at heart. Last year, he decided that he would build a tradition of honouring the traditional wedding anniversary gifts for me on each of our anniversaries. To keep things interesting we agreed on a budget of ten dollars. And so, I received "paper" in the form of scratch-tickets and a sweet hand-written card last year. Cotton is the traditional gift to celebrate a 2nd wedding anniversary, and according to Google, red is the conventional colour of choice. And so, for our red cotton anniversary (and with his budgeted R100), M presented me with a locally made cotton t-shirt with a red heart and outline of Africa on it. Perfect choice, my love!