This past Sunday, Bob and I celebrated our 40th
wedding anniversary. It was not the
celebration we had planned—we had hoped to do a European river cruise—but the
pandemic changed our plans. We did a
quiet little celebration on our patio just for the two of us. We hung up decorations and put a red
tablecloth on our patio table. Dinner
was ordered from a local restaurant, we picked up a cake from a nearby bakery,
and we added champagne to our weekly grocery order. It was important to make this landmark
anniversary special; at our ages we don’t know if we’ll make it to our 50th.
We pulled out our wedding photos which we hadn’t seen for
ages. Many of the people who were there
that day are no longer with us. There
was a photo of a cousin with her young family; she died recently and it made me
smile to see her. How young we were! I asked for lots of photos of our guests and
I’m so happy that we have them. There
were lots of family members, church members, coworkers, childhood friends,
college friends, and neighbors. The
ceremony and reception were in the redwoods. I had dreamed about having my wedding among these
trees since I was young. We had a band
for the entire event. It was a great
party.
We’ve had a good life together. Just three years after our wedding, we moved
from California to Idaho. We raised two
daughters who both now live in North Carolina.
One is married and the other had planned to marry in September; that
wedding has been postponed a year, another victim of the pandemic. We have a lively young grandson and expect
more grandchildren in the next few years.
Life is good—especially when you have the right person at your side.
Written on 7/29/20
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