{"id":1505,"date":"2014-01-10T09:04:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T14:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2014-02-05T09:11:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T14:11:53","slug":"our-anniversary-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=1505","title":{"rendered":"Our Anniversary (continued)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To celebrate our 10th anniversary we traveled back to Aruba where we went on our honeymoon. \u00c2\u00a0With no kids. \u00c2\u00a0It was a short trip, almost made shorter by a snow storm. \u00c2\u00a0But it was a great couple of days. \u00c2\u00a0There was another reason we went. \u00c2\u00a0We had to “pay it forward.” \u00c2\u00a0Of course there is a story… \u00c2\u00a0Here is the letter we gave to a lovely couple we met there.<\/p>\n

“We were married on January 3, 2004 and came to Aruba for our honeymoon.\u00c2\u00a0 This restaurant was recommended to us by anyone we told we would be here.\u00c2\u00a0 On our second to last night we came and had a wonderful dinner.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>
\nTowards the end of our dinner our waiter appeared with two glasses of champagne.\u00c2\u00a0 He told us a couple at a neighboring table sent them.\u00c2\u00a0 We looked over to thank them and they came to our table as the headed out.<\/em>
\nThey told us ten years earlier they were at the same restaurant on their honeymoon.\u00c2\u00a0 A couple sent them champagne and made them promise to come back in ten years – with no kids- to celebrate their anniversary and pay it forward to another newly married couple.<\/em>
\nThen they asked us to do the same.\u00c2\u00a0 They left without us knowing their names.<\/em>
\nSo here we are, ten years later, celebrating our anniversary back in Aruba, paying it forward.\u00c2\u00a0 We ask you do the same in ten years.\u00c2\u00a0 Come back to Aruba and to this restaurant- with no kids- and celebrate your anniversary.\u00c2\u00a0 Find a newly married couple and share this story.<\/em>
\nMay you have a lifetime of love, happiness and health.\u00c2\u00a0 Congratulations on your marriage.”\"IMG_5749\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To celebrate our 10th anniversary we traveled back to Aruba where we went on our honeymoon. \u00c2\u00a0With no kids. \u00c2\u00a0It was a short trip, almost made shorter by a snow storm. \u00c2\u00a0But it was a great couple of days. \u00c2\u00a0There … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1508,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions\/1508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}