A year ago my husband and I decided to celebrate our collective 50th birthdays this May (just prior to his 50th birthday and 11 months after mine) and then we thought that we might as well celebrate the 25th year of our lives together at the same occasion – hence the title of this post (25 years together, 50 years each which makes 100..or perhaps the title should have been 125!)
We invited friends and family who have warmed and lightened our lives during our 50 (100!) circuits around the sun. Because guests came from many different parts of France and from other countries (Austria, Australia America, Saudie Arabia) we organised a whole party weekend in a beautiful location in the Haute Langdoc region. My sister gave me a wonderful surprise by being able to join us at the last minute and Rebecca, who introduced hubby and I twenty five years ago, was also with us which was really special .
We were blessed with good weather but most of all with some great friends who, despite not knowing each other for the most part, got along together really well. We had organized a game to help people connect but, unbeknowst to us, our guests had been in contact with each other via e-mails before the party and had arranged all sorts of things, including all turning up adorned with *silver accessories (and offering us some to wear too – hence my tiara), some games and a flash mob dance that I have to admit was the highlight of the night: It was truly incredible to watch our friends all of a sudden dancing in synchrony with eachother to a song from one of my favourite groups (Black Eyed Peas)
Over the long weekend we all amused ourselves with swimming, playing tennis, petanque, billiards, pingpong, hiking, talking, mixing/drinking cocktails (thanks John!) and local wine and food, dancing , relaxing and more.
I have to admit that organizing such an event was not without some stress …but it was totally worth it.
A huge THANKS goes out to you Frank, Nicolas, John, Cathy, Arnaud, Julien, Mathilde, Reia, Anne, Valerie, Benoit, Maxime, Christelle, Jerome, Mael, Solenne, Catherine, Gabriel, Delphine, Arnaud, Fabrice, Estelle, Rebecca, Lyndelle, Karen, Fred, Nell, Joe, Martha, Stephane, Christelle, Paul, Gabriel, Oscar, Patrizia, Pascal, Ciara, Luca,
and to all of those who would have loved to have join us but for numerous reasons were unable to such as Yves-Marie, Rachael, Geraldine, Juliette, LiChin, Jo, Ian, Rob’n’Marg, cousins from Oz, Evelyne, Yannick, Sophie, Myriam, Claire, Fabien etc…
We’ll start planning our next party….entitled 250!
*(silver being the traditional symbol for 25-year anniversaries)
Start with intention 