By Charlotte Byus
Our Anniversary was this week. It was a lovely day, sun was shining and not snowing! When RR woke up I got my morning kiss, hug and Happy Anniversary wish. After this many years, as you well know, you do things on this special day, like wash clothes and dishes. Sometime after breakfast, I started thinking about what to do for dinner. My first thought and words were just stupid! RR, you want leftovers for dinner? We have at least enough for two nights. I got a look like I had mortally wounded him. Does that tell you who is the sentimental one is of us two? His answer back was NO! We are going to dinner! OK. So I kept sorting clothes for laundry and working on presents for the kids of Bolivar. Somewhere around noon RR says to me, “We need to leave here by 4:30 to be on the 5 pm ferry tonight. We both needed showers and nice clothes.” You know my eye brow went straight up! Really! Well OK!
This man I married has always been the most thoughtful. Every year – and I mean every year, he comes up with presents for me that I had no idea he knew I liked or wanted. It is like for twelve months he makes a list and checks it twice. I’m the one that wanders through Home Depot trying to find that special tool and of course I have no idea what I am looking for. Then there is the BBQ equipment, in other words I have no imagination and even if I started a list I can say for a fact I would lose it. He has never forgotten my favorite color of roses or that I love day lilies. The man loves to purchase me jewelry and he has never gone wrong.
Now I must say, like his Mom, he has a problem counting. His Mom became a year older as of January 1. RR has the same problem. For eleven months he has said we have been married 53 years and he even has the girls convinced it is 53 not 52. The other day I finally said something to him. His comment was “why did you let me think it was 53 and not 52?” Really it became my fault. LOL
Of course, there have been many hills and valleys after 52 years but they were all worth it. We are so fortunate. My Mom & Dad were married 50 years in April and Dad died in July of that year. My sister and her husband were married for 27 years when Ray died of Cancer. RR’s Mom was never able to celebrate 20 years of wedded bliss. So we are the exception in our families and we count our blessings.
My Mom and Dad were sure it would not last 6 months. So glad we could prove them wrong.
Thank you very special man for all the fun, love and wonder along the way.
[12-18-2017]
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