Yeah, I know. It was a
peculiar day to choose for our first date. Maybe the thought crossed
our minds that if it didn’t work out, we’d have funny stories to
tell about how we went out on this bad date on April Fool’s Day.
That’s the story we
tell, anyway. Actually, since we’d met “online,” and we’d
spent so many weeks emailing, IM-ing and talking to each other on the
phone, we didn’t want to delay our first real get-together – even
if it meant that ever after we’d have to call ourselves a couple of
fools.
Oh, but the story I
like to tell? That it took Vince so many tries before I finally
agreed to go out on a date with him, he didn’t want to let another
day slip away before we met in person so he stuck with April Fool’s
Day. Either that, or he didn’t want to give me a chance to back out
of it.
Obviously, no one
backed out. And it has been five wonderful years. But it seems like
we met just yesterday. I truly can’t fathom that we’ve been
together this long, which begs the inevitable question, Where has
the time gone?
When I examine where we
were five years ago and where we are now, it seems that a significant
amount of time would have to have passed because a lot has changed.
In the past five years, we’ve gotten engaged and then married.
We’ve moved, we've changed jobs (well, one of us has, anyway).
We’ve taken vacations and have attended weddings together. We’ve
celebrated our birthdays and anniversaries as well as friend and
family birthdays and anniversaries. We’ve taken about a zillion
pictures of trips and get-togethers and parties and holidays and
“just-because” photos that prove that five years has passed.
We’re both driving
different cars than we were five years ago. And we’ve experienced
the untimely passing of our washer and dryer.
Oh, and we’ve
experienced job loss and the loss of a beloved pet. But we gained two
new pets who have taken up residence in our hearts. We’ve had to
visit loved ones in the hospital and we’ve had to attend funerals.
But we’ve also visited the hospital to meet new babies.
These are all the
things that make up a life. One thing builds upon another and one day
passes into the next and – suddenly – five years have gone by.
If we’re lucky, those
things that build a life turn out to be more happy than sad. More
good than bad. And, for the most part, Vince and I have been truly
blessed with a good life together.
So if we're a couple of
April Fools, then we're happy ones. Happy Anniversary, my love. I'm
looking forward to the next five, too.
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