Today, my husband and I are celebrating our wedding anniversary. It’s been a wonderful, crazy, insane, wacky, tearful, joyful, happy, sometimes stressful, always exciting 27 years. How do we do it? Well, the truthful answer is… the hard way! And that’s an understatement.
It takes hard work, a lot of prayer and a good sense of humor to stay married these days. And, we’ve managed to hold it together for a long time. When someone asks Tom how long we’ve been married, he’ll reply “ONE HUNDRED and twenty seven years.” This always gets a chuckle. My standard reply is “Three of the best years of my life! I’ve been married 27 years, but three of them were really good!” Yes, we crack each other up.
September is one of our busiest months. So, we usually end up working long hours right through our anniversary and we celebrate later with a weekend trip instead of a present. Many times, we don’t even have time to stop and get a card. A few years ago, after the kids left for school, we ran to Target to grab a card for each other. We were standing there side by side reading cards and started laughing at the irony of the whole situation. There we both were, trying to buy a sentimental card at the very last minute. I just handed Tom a card and said “Read this! This is card that I was going to give you.” He handed me one and said “Here’s the one that I was going to get for you!” We read the cards, shared a quick kiss and put them back. We laughed all the way to Starbucks and spent the card money on lattes. You can’t do that in the early years, but it makes for a very funny story when you’ve been married for a long time.
This year is no different. We have appointments all day. We’re planning to celebrate Saturday night when things slow down a little. Unfortunately, we woke up to a sick child, so the day started off with a quick trip to the Doctor to make sure she was OK. This gave me an opportunity to grab a quick card for Tom. (Surprise!) But, when I got home, I was juggling a sick child, a work phone call and trying to sign the card before he saw it. So… when he opened it, he chuckled when he saw that I had signed it “I love you!!!” followed by my full legal, contract signature. LOL ! Like he wasn’t going to be sure exactly which Kathy the card was actually from??? Hey… I’m nothing if not thorough!
Just because we don't have time to celebrate today doesn't mean we won't celebrate. Life is good when you can laugh through the craziness. And let me tell you, that’s a good thing at my house because it definitely gets crazy! Happy Anniversary Honey! You’re my lobster!
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