One year ago today, I got married to the most amazing person I've ever met. The time has flown. I look at photos of our ceremony, and it feels like yesterday. It was such a happy day. And today has been a happy day, despite hardly seeing each other. We worked opposite schedules today. We celebrated yesterday instead though since we knew this would be the case. We went out and perused some of our favorite stores and then went to a brewhouse for dinner, just the two of us.
Today is also a day we share with my inlaws. They got married on this day 32 years ago. I looked back through some of their wedding photos today. It's amazing to see the changes that happen in 32 years. They were so young (though not as young as we are). They may not be so young, or brunette anymore, but the light in their eyes and the love between them is still there. I love going to visit them for the very reason that their house is always so full of love and happiness. I want to have that when we have children. I want them to enjoy being at home while they're growing up and coming back home once they're out on their own. It brings a smile to my face to think of raising children together. If they turn out anything like their daddy, I will be a happy mom. That is several years down the road still, but it still crosses my mind from time to time.
Apparently it is also my husband's godmother's anniversary too. (I didn't even know he had a godmother!) Donna Smith has been married to her husband, Rodney, for 20 years now. I can't wait until that milestone. Well... I can, but I can't. Haha. Donna is also from Randolph County. That means, more than likely, they are related somehow. Maybe I will find that connection soon.
I have lately, however, been shifting my focus from adding people to the tree as I said last time. I'm still investigating source documents on what I have already. I've also been checking to see if I have any of what Geni calls "zombies," people who are actually deceased but still listed as living. I have so far only found one though. I have a feeling there are many more out there though. I just have to track them down.
Another rather important thing I guess I should mention... I found out at least one relationship between me and my husband. A while ago, though I forgot to record it at the time, I found a link through Pocahontas. Since I didn't record the path, I therefore could not figure out our relationship to each other. All I remember is she was a cousin of his and she's my 13th great-grandmother. In any case, I found another path I was able to track through Annica Jansen and Thomas Southard. Through that connection, we are seventh cousins 15 times removed. That is distant enough for me that I don't have the same fear as my mother-in-law of our children being "retarded." Haha.
It somewhat saddens me because my husband does not share the same joy of genealogy that I do. He feels as if these people that came before him mean relatively little now. I disagree. I feel a need to seek the people who came before us and learn from them and figure out why we grew up the ways we did. I love the feeling of having a legacy or a family right to uphold. I'm hoping to find some photos of his more distant relatives in hopes that it will make him feel more connected to his past and his family's past, especially if I can find a relative that looks like him.
Anyway... I'm think that's about it for now. I will be back soon I'm sure with more news and updates. Until then!
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