Celebrations

Around 1975 our first car a big old Chevy Biscayne

My husband and I are 46 years married today March 9th! This is an achievement to be proud of. Among all the congratulations I got a couple of condolences. This funny little sarcasm is because life is not one long “happy ever after” tale. How would we know we are happy, if we never know sadness. Just look at any persons social media page. Life is not the wonderful trips and achievements that are posted. It is a combination of these, and everyday life, mixed with, hopefully, not too much tragedy. Never envy those posts. They are just part of the tale.

I am enjoying the long relationship I have with my husband. We, luckily, have not had too much sadness or tragedy in our lives. Our close family is also healthy and happy. Not being wealthy or weighted down with a lot of material things, gives us freedom.

We try hard to never compromise our values. I do not mean the pious ones, but the human ones. They are what guides us to have respect, acceptance, consideration, appreciation, openness and empathy towards other human beings. They also put a responsibility on us to make the most of the next 20 or 30 years. I am feeling the chasm between past and future. It is time to jump over and take on new challenges. What these may be is what we are both exploring now. Bye, bye youth hello new beginning.



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