Take one down... Pass it around...

So this got me thinking today... Aubrey McLendon auctioning off his 9,000 bottles of wine... It made me think of my own collection, and the feelings Aubrey must be going through. Granted my 10 bottle collection doesn't compare in size or retail value, but I guarantee I have some idea of loss he's facing.

My 'collection' is currently sitting in a box in the garage. By no means climate controlled. Unless you count the closed off vent running into the garage. And my wine rack is wrapped in celophane standing piled in a corner. It looks more like a stack of kindling than a wine rack. (We've moved across the country twice in the past 8 months and I just don't have the energy to unpack it right now.)

Regardless of where it sits or how it's displayed, it holds some of the greatest memories of my married life. And every year it grows more cherrished and more sacred.

You see, my wife and I started our collection after we got home from our Honeymoon. We had 8 bottles left over from our reception and two we picked up at the resort in Mexico. It started at 10 and will stay at 10. That's because every honeymoon(that's what I call our anniversary) we pick a bottle together and we drink it together. And every year we remember where it came from and how it got to our glass. Together. It took both of us to get, and it takes both of us to share it. And ever year we buy a new bottle together to make new memories.

Once a year my wife and I enjoy the luxury of drinking one of the 10 most valuable bottles of wine(or possibly vinegar) in the world. Every day we share the joy of making the memories that go with the next bottle.

Aubrey, I know this sale, for whatever reason, will be a memory you will never forget. As will the purchase of your first bottle after it.

Lori, I look forward to keeping our collection at 10 forever....