7th Heaven

Christoph and I celebrated our 7th year wedding anniversary today. We drank in the pleasures of a wonderful journey down to Poole for a sumptuous lunch at the Mansion House Restaurant. Then we meandered along the coast to take in the sites and a bounce, as one does...

When sharing what 7 years has meant to us, Christoph so eloquently said, "I'm in 7th heaven."
I couldn't agree more. Then I thought to myself, "What the heck does that expression actually mean?". So I googled it and this is what I found.

To be in 'seventh heaven' means to be enjoying the ultimate happiness. Here is its origin: the Muhammadan seventh heaven, is said to be "beyond the power of description." There each inhabitant is bigger than the whole earth and has 70,000 tongues that speak 70,000 languages...all forever chanting the praises of Allah. In the Islamic concept of heaven, which also prevailed among the Jews, one goes after death to the heaven he has earned on earth, and the seventh heaven, ruled by Abraham, is the ultimate one, a region of pure light lying above the other six, the heaven of heavens. - Carol Pozefsky, Etymology expert

Kathleen, we enjoyed sharing our special anniversary with you. Also, a very special thanks to our new friend Trevor Andrews for taking such good care of us and being a damn good photographer!!!

An abundance of love and blessings to all. xx p+c