Marc & Ginger Coria January 10, 1997
22 years is a long time. It’s longer than my life before Marc. I joke sometimes saying I was a child bride. I was almost 21 years old when we married and technically, at 18 you’re an adult, so I guess I wasn’t a child when I got married, but I was young. 🙂
A lot happens in the span of 22 years. It’s a lifetime really, a generation. Due to the generosity of Marc’s old boss, Pete, we were able to go on an early anniversary trip and enjoy a weekend at Pete’s timeshare. We went for a couple days to Kohl’s Ranch (outside of Payson, AZ). It snowed and was REALLY COLD!!! We enjoyed a couple nights kid free (you can do that when you’ve been married a long time and your kids are old enough to stay by themselves. By this time, we’ve earned that- haha!).
Whatever!
Last Thursday, on our actual anniversary, Marc and I celebrated by going to the Gilbert temple and doing sealings. After that, we went to dinner and used the Black Angus gift card Daniel gave us for Christmas. It was a beautiful evening. At dinner, we talked about noteable events over the course of our marriage. I thought I’d share some of these things on our blog. Here is what our 22 years has looked like:
5 addresses (2 homes of our own, both of which we still own)
7 cars
2 college degrees
4 children
10 year anniversary trip to Hawaii
Losing both our fathers to cancer
Marc’s Kidney cancer & gall bladder removal
Church callings we have loved that have stretched us
A pioneer trek
Family trip back east (church history sites, Niagara Falls, visit with our friends the Hyer’s)
Sending our 1st child to college
And of course laughter, tears, triumphs, trials, joy, stress, but most of all LOVE!
On our date, we talked about how the first 22 years has been mainly having and raising our children. The next 22 years will most likely be watching our children become adults, marry, and start having children of their own.
We have been blessed immensely. I thank my Father in Heaven for blessing me with Marc. To quote the movie “Oblivion”, “We make an effective team.” 🙂
