Celebrating 1 year this week!

One year ago today Carrie and I got married. Since then we’ve gotten to see many incredible places together. Many people I know and have met claim that the travel life killed/nearly killed their marriage from always being away but we’ve been able to do everything together. The other day I said, “the longest we’ve been apart is that time you went on a run alone,” and everyone laughed. But I was serious, we’re together 24/7 and have been at least for the last 8 months and it’s been more than amazing.

It’s been an incredible year not just because of our travels but because of our companionship. We’re together every moment and I can’t imagine it any other way. There’s no one else I want to be around more.

Carrie is the type of extravert that wants to know everything about everyone and somehow becomes close friends to everyone she meets. She cares deeply for others and is especially concerned for the poor and needy. When we started our marriage, somehow a system was naturally adopted where all the cash went in my wallet and all the coins when into the pouch that dangles from her purse. Big mistake, as between subways and average spending she can accumulate a lot money in coins in a short amount of time. And as I charge ahead on sidewalks through cities I can guarantee when I pass a begging person or someone homeless that when I look back all the coins in that pouch will be emptied out into someone else’s hands. Sometimes it agitates me slightly to see how much money was in her pouch and then it’s completely humbling to learn the lesson she teaches everyday. She teaches me how to be giving in many ways.

She teaches compassion, kindness and love to everyone, including me. I’ve never met anyone ask kind as her and it’s hard to believe I snagged her. :-p

We’re celebrating our 1 year in Fiji and I was able to snag a week + at the InterContinental Fiji during PointBreaks. 5,000 points a night for a $400 a night hotel. Not a bad place to be.