Comments on: The Best Seven Years Ever https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:15:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-114184 Fri, 25 May 2007 15:20:18 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html#comment-114184 Thanks, French Toast Girl!

]]> By: french toast girl https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-113900 Fri, 25 May 2007 11:40:25 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html#comment-113900 Happy anniversary! May you always continue to share your child-like wonder and joy in life with each other. ♥

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-112511 Thu, 24 May 2007 15:32:19 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html#comment-112511 I highly recommend eating dessert first, especially since at most restaurants, by the time you get through the entrée, there’s no room for dessert!

]]> By: Lisa Braithwaite https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-111489 Thu, 24 May 2007 01:30:37 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html#comment-111489 Happy anniversary, youse guys! We love having days like that, although it never occurred to me to eat dessert first. That’s a new one I’m going to add to our “fun days.”

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-110902 Wed, 23 May 2007 17:45:06 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html#comment-110902 Thanks, SalemsMom! I’m glad to have you as a reader, and thanks for taking the time to comment. Congrats to you on 26 years — that’s a BIG deal! Staying childlike is definitely the best way to keep the marriage alive!

]]> By: SalemsMom https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-110489 Wed, 23 May 2007 11:47:05 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html#comment-110489 I read your blog all the time…i surfed in from “winding road” I dont usually post but had to this time. Sounds like you had a blast…its so important to do things like that…ALL THE TIME….im with my husband 26 years, and we still do that stuff even after a couple of kids…thats what makes it all worthwhile. Congrads on your anniversary!

]]> By: Jason https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-109352 Tue, 22 May 2007 21:59:30 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html#comment-109352 Thanks, you guys!

I loved that passage on crayons and marriage, Julie.

And Jen, I like to think that margaritas are like Kool-aid for grown-ups!

]]> By: Jen Robinson https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-107996 Tue, 22 May 2007 02:33:37 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html#comment-107996 Happy Anniversary, Jason and Kim! It’s quite clear that you’ll have many more wonderful years together. I loved reading about your season finale and comfort food afternoon. At our house, we’ll have what we call movie marathons on weekend afternoons sometimes, watching at least 2 movies, and eating chips and salsa, and drinking margaritas (ok, that’s not so kid like, but it does remind us of college).

Happy Anniversary!

]]> By: Julie https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-107358 Mon, 21 May 2007 17:07:29 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2007-05-21/the-best-seven-years-ever.html#comment-107358 Kim & Jason,
Best wishes for many more years together! I enjoy your website and have shared it with many friends. I love your childlike spirit! The following was written by a favorite of mine–Bob Perks. I think you will both love this one… ~Julie~

Color Together
By Bob Perks

Love is like a box of Crayola® crayons created by God. Before you, are the blank pages that are drawn through a lifetime of commitment and caring. Although my generation had set the pace for coloring outside the lines, my advice to you both in marriage, always color within the lines. Don’t look at them as barriers or roadblocks that limit, but guidelines to keep your love strong. You have seen the results of a generation without guidelines. Be creative. Use your own colors. Roses aren’t always red and sunsets are never the same. Marriage too, should be like sharing a coloring book. Decide together what page to work on and then share. Perhaps one is better at coloring the sky and the other the grass and flowers. Never criticize the other’s work.. If you both desire to use the same crayon, choose a different shade or wait until the other is finished. Compromise and patience is the backbone of a strong marriage. It is important at times for both of you to have your own page to color. A strong couple stands together but each casts their own shadow. In coloring, this is accomplished by first agreeing on two connected pages and sitting close together. Keep the crayons sharpened. The joy of love and marriage is in the details. At times when you are challenged by life or disagreements pull out the coloring book and sit at your kitchen table and draw. No words need to be spoken. The peace and joy that come from creating beauty will not permit the ugliness of anger to exist. Always be thankful to the God of all colors. He created you both in love and graciously brought you together. Finally. Always clean up afterwards. Marriage, like a crayon box, has a place for everything. You will discover that when one is missing the whole box seems incomplete. May your marriage be as colorful as you both have made our lives.

Written as a gift to my son Keith upon the announcement of his engagement to Sarah at Woodstock ’99 (Copyright Robert C. Perks 1999 BobPerks.com) Bob Perks is a professional speaker, author and vocalist. Member National Speakers Association. Visit http://www.BobPerks.com
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