Sunday, June 26, 2011
Yesterday was one of the most important days on the restoration tour.
Friday was pretty significant as well, but in a different way. Our 80’s date was a lot of fun, but was also somewhat painful, as it brought out a lot of memories and feelings that neither of us really wanted to be part of our night out. Even so, it was good and I’m glad we did it.
Yesterday, we restored Eureka Springs, though. That was huge.
We hadn’t known about Eureka Springs for that long before all of our problems really became a threat to our marriage. We had “discovered” it after years of people telling us how wonderful it was, but us just thinking that it was in Arkansas, so how great could it be?
When we finally went, we fell completely in love with it and it became sort of a magical getaway place for us. It was also the place we went for a make-up weekend after I came clean about what had been going on with me during the time that I felt like our marriage was maybe no longer going to work.
It was where I got Ceecee to go with me prior to our separation last year, when I thought for sure that if we could go to that place and spend a day together, that she would realize that we needed to stay together and work things out. She didn’t, and that day in particular has haunted me ever since.
No more, though.
Yesterday we went back as a happily married and in love couple and experienced that beauty of that place the way we had before and always should have. We went to all our favorite spots, enjoyed all the feelings that came with it, and exorcised those memories from last year. It was one of the last major stops on the tour, and we’ve only got a little more than month to go!
The Restoration Tour 