30 years.... 17 of them married....

30 years ago… 1986… was a year of many changes

for me… 

In April, my husband had passed away… end of April

I started my first job in about 20 or more years… June

brought the leaving of my twin son’s to different states

as they graduated from high school… So in a short few

months we went from a household of 5 to 2.  My youngest

still living at home and going to high school.  And me

being in full charge of our lives.

In October, or so,  after doing so many double shifts,

and doing 6 days a week, many times… a family

friend suggested I take a night to go out to dinner, and

a movie.  That I needed a break.   And we did. With a

funny thing happen at the end of the night.  I got home

at midnight.  Only to be greeted at the door by my

daughter and a visiting son… demanding where had

I gone.. after, all dinner and a movie doesn’t last until

Midnight.   I never laughed so hard in my life…as I

told them…. “So how does it feel to have the shoe on

the other foot”…  But the answer was.. after the movie

and a late dinner, we sat and talked with a glass of wine,

next to a fireplace at the restaurant.  

That started a 30 year relationship, which took 13 years

to decide to make it a permanent one. And here we are

17 years married, later yesterday… still together… and still strong.