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When B and I got married 5 years ago, true to form, we researched every aspect of the day.  In fact, the priest even joked about how much we struggled to pick a gospel for the mass during his homily during the ceremony.  And, while unpacking in Utah a few weeks ago, we came across our lengthly list of every gospel we considered with grades (GRADES!) next to each one.

Anyway, we put an equal amount of effort, minus assigning grades, into the song for our first dance.  The song we chose was a Willy Nelson song titled, "Home is Where You're Happy."  Here are the lyrics to our song:

Home is where you're happy and I'm happy here with you,

Or any place on earth that you may be.

Home is where you're happy, just any house will do,

And I'll feel at home as long as you're with me. 

This room could not hold me for one short minute;

If you weren't here with me, I'd soon be gone.

That chair is just a chair when you're not in it.

It takes more than rooms and chairs to make a home. 

Home is where you're happy and I'm happy here with you,

Or any place on earth that you may be.

Home is where you're happy, just any house will do,

And I'll feel at home as long as you're with me. 

Time, someday, may cause this house to crumble,

But we'll move into another, love and all.

And if time, someday, should make your footsteps stumble,

I'll be there to catch you, should you fall. 

Home is where you're happy and I'm happy here with you,

Or any place on earth that you may be.

Home is where you're happy, just any house will do,

And I'll feel at home as long as you're with me.

We were living in Chicago when we picked this song and had no idea how much this song would end up being the story of our first five years of marriage.  We are now living in our 5th state since our wedding and while we're hoping to slow down and not have 30 states for our 30th anniversary, I have found that the final words of the song have rung true and that "just any house will do, and I'll feel at home as long as you're with me."

Welcome to our blog, where we'll share our big and little adventures of our new home.