In the fall of my senior year of high school, I met a girl in a green dress and ended up totally smitten. Two months later, we had our first date, followed by four years of subsequent dates, of movies and prom nights and football games and Sunday afternoons when our chief joy was being with each other.
Four years later that same girl, dressed in white this time, walked down the aisle and joined her hand and life to mine. We were two kids with huge dreams and absolutely no idea what we were getting into, but none of that really mattered. We wanted nothing more than to be together and for better or worse, we were.
That was forty-seven years, one war, four kids, one bout with cancer, nineteen addresses, several careers, a couple of new body parts, a lot of memories ago. A lot of things I no longer remember. Remembered or not, we did all of it together.
Being together remains our highest joy.
Together is important.
Forever.
:-) Forrest. And thank you so much for sharing these sentiments and the treasured glow they cast. I can see your smile as I read them, no doubt because you beam so immediately any time you recall the moments of the story in person to someone lucky enough to hear about these times. Very very warmest best. - Iris
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