Anniversary

"A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short."

~Andre Maurois

This is me and Deputy Dawg about a hundred million years ago on our wedding day.  We snuck off one year to the day of our first kiss and tied the knot at the courthouse, our friend and co-worker the local magistrate married us with the police chief as witness and executive photographer.  It rained.  It was beautiful. 

Today was our anniversary and I was thinking about these memories as we sat in the cardiologist's office.  More tests for Deputy Dawg next week.  News I did not want to hear.  I was and am scared.

How long have we been married?  Not long enough is my standard answer.  And it is the truth.  We have worked together for more than twenty years, share four beautiful children and two equally beautiful grandchildren.  This is the person I want to grow old with and his face is last thing I want to see as I leave this world.  He is the bran muffin that lets me be a jelly donut.  He is my rock and makes me feel safe.  I love to fall asleep with my head on his chest letting his heart beat sing me to sleep.

Dear Deputy Dawg,
I love you to the moon and back again.  Thank you for this wonderful life and all I have learned from you. I hope to spend fifty more years holding your hand. 
Forever yours, S

"Our wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day."

~Gene Perret