(Photo credit: Romantic Homes, June 2013 Edition)
“I love him…he’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same… If all else perished and he remained, I should still continue to be…He’s always, always in my mind…”
— Cathy, in Wuthering Heights
While waiting on my son, Alec, to get out of the orthodontist today, I browsed through the magazine section at a nearby store. I should never have picked up the English Home issue because it *really* made me want to be in England again.
Then, I opened up the latest Romantic Homes issue and inside was the picture above with the Emily Brontë quote. This not only added to my longing for England, but also made me miss my husband (who is currently out of the country) something fierce!
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
This quote describes the two of us perfectly! We are so much alike — maybe it’s because we married young (I was 19 and he was 20) and sort of grew up together. We share the same desires, dreams and vision for our life, we have many of the same tastes, and yes, the same annoying sense of humor! (To all our friends and family, we apologize!)
Happiness truly is being married to your soul mate and best friend!
Okay, enough of the mushy stuff…
Since I’m in an England/Brontë sort of mood, I thought I’d post — for your viewing pleasure — some [very grainy] pictures from when we were in Haworth several years ago. It is the village where the Brontës grew up:
Brontë Parsonage, where Charlotte, Emily and Anne lived…
Haworth Parish (left) where the Brontë sisters’ father was minister; a plaque (upper right) in memory of Emily and Charlotte; me, with very bad hair, (bottom right) in the parish cemetary. Loved the beautiful tombstones!
These are the “headstones” used in the 1992 movie version of Wuthering Heights. (By the way, this version, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, is THE BEST EVER!!! Excellent actors, beautiful cinematography and an incredible film score!)
Statue of Charlotte, Emily and Anne outside of the Brontë Parsonage Museum…
Lovely walk to the moors, where the sisters (and their brother) spent so much time…
And we go from this beautiful walk (above) to the wild and barren Yorkshire Moors…
Yes, it totally was a bad hair day…but at least the landscape was AMAZING!!!
And below is the Bed & Breakfast that we stayed in. It was actually the home of the Brontës’ personal physician. Cool, huh? The bottom two pictures are of our room. In the bottom lefthand corner, you can see part of the huge picture window we had that overlooked the village below.
The first night we were there, I was so tired from the long drive from Bath. As I lay down to sleep, I jokingly told Jason that if “Cathy” came rapping on the window sobbing in “a most melancholy voice, ‘Let me in — let me in!'” to please ignore her.
I must admit, that I actually FREAKED my own self out after I said that! I could hardly sleep that night! (What does that say about me?!?!)
Our time in England was incredible! And Haworth was just a small part of it. I can’t wait to go back again, but right now I’d settle for going to the airport to pick up my love! Thankfully, he’ll be home in a few days! 🙂
Dear Alisha
I was also married when I was very young (21 years). We had friends who considered us to be the white and yolk of an egg! It truly is a blessing to be great friends with your spouse. What a delightful B&B you stayed over. The scenery is just amazing.
Blessings
Mia
You are so right, Mia. It truly is a blessing! Blessings to you, friend!
You have grabbed this English teacher’s heart! 🙂
Oh, Lyli, as an English teacher you would have loved our entire trip! It was our “self-planned” literary tour! We visited, not only the Brontes’ home, but also the homes of Jane Austen, Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter, Tolkein’s gravesite, and more! It was truly amazing!
This looks beautiful! How blessed are you!
Thank you, dear Fawn! Blessings to you!!!
Alisha, I smiled through your whole post. First of all, I married my man young, too, and after meeting in the fifth grade, we truly did just grow up together. We’ll mark 20 years of marriage this summer and we’re still growing! Love it. Secondly, thanks for the fun trip to England here! We studied in Wales when we were engaged- 19 years old- and we spent many hours wandering the English countryside and sightseeing all over. We always said we’d mark our 20th anniversary there— wish that were in the works– just had no idea at 19 that after 2 decades of marriage we’d have 5 kids to tend 🙂 So fun to meet you through Rachel’s link today.
Ahh, a kindred spirit (& a name-twin)! How wonderful to study in Wales — I want to go there too! 😉 Thank you for visiting today. Blessings to you & Happy early Anniversary too, Alisha