Secret Letters: Lucky Thirteen 🍀

Today would've been my thirteenth wedding anniversary.

Courtney Bailey

Jun 12, 2023

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An interesting calendar date.

Today would’ve been my thirteenth wedding anniversary. Never sure how I should feel on this day. There is no should, of course, but I will tell you that I do feel relief. There is always relief.

There is also a swatch of emptiness. There’s the urge to fill it by going shopping (maybe for flowers?). I know that’s not the solution. The best gift I can give myself today is self-control and quiet.

The weather is cool—the opposite of that blazing hot day in 2010. Never get married outdoors in a Georgia summer. Maybe never get married period?

Secret Letters: Lucky Thirteen 🍀

Today would've been my thirteenth wedding anniversary.

Welcome to Secret Letters, a paid subscriber perk of Letters from the Homestead. These monthly letters are exactly what you think: secret dispatches that feel a little too vulnerable to put in a free newsletter.

Thank you, as always, for reading and being a supporter of my work.

An interesting calendar date.

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