{"id":2314,"date":"2015-08-13T07:43:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T11:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2015-08-13T07:43:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T11:43:39","slug":"into-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/13\/into-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/claire-in-the-light-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2315\" src=\"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/claire-in-the-light-sm.jpg\" alt=\"claire in the light-sm\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/claire-in-the-light-sm.jpg 450w, https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/claire-in-the-light-sm-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Four years ago today I met a woman who challenged me, told me off, laughed at my jokes and then did me one better, showed me new ways to see the world and shed new light on\u00a0the ways I saw it.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, she saw in me the person I&#8217;d been working so hard to become and encouraged me to be even more. And accepted me as I am, complete with warts and hump.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll be getting married soon. It&#8217;ll be my second marriage and they say a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. But I&#8217;ve been saying something else to people when the subject comes up: just skip the first marriage and go direct to the second. You have so much clearer of a concept of what you want and what you really need.<\/p>\n<p>So Happy Anniversary, sweetheart. 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