Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Forty Two Years Later....and Holding!



Yesterday, lying in the dentist's chair, white knuckled as always, the Mamas and Papas came on the music system.

 "Stars shining bright above you,
Night breezes seem to whisper- I love you-
Birds singing in the sycamore tree,
Dream a little dream of me......."

coaxing me to relax, recalling the summer I first heard it, the summer I met the OC, the summer that sent my life off in a totally unexpected direction, and perhaps, his too.

The Prince disapproved vociferously, though he had introduced us; his wife disapproved because we "were too young" which we were; my parents, in their diffident way asked "Are you sure?" Who's ever sure? We certainly thought we were! We were younger in this picture [that's a sixteen year old Blister beside us!] than even our youngest child is now....and I  would certainly disapprove if he announced he was getting married next week!

But here we are, against all the odds, forty two years later, still dreamin'! "Love" is almost too trite a word, the way it's bandied about these days. We survived it all, together.

 Here's to you J and at least a few more!

11 comments:

jkhenson said...

Happy Anniversary! :) Here's to many more happy years!

Relatively Retiring said...

Oh, that's lovely! Many happy returns.

persiflage said...

Beautiful, and may you have many more happy years.

patty said...

Best wishes to you both!

Gillie said...

And many more, dear Molly! We are one behind you! My mum, until the day she died, thought the WT was the best thing ever, which he is, so I had to make it work, lol!

riseoutofme said...

Ah Molly dear, how the years fly by! Part of me doesn't recognise the people in the photo and yet another part of me resonates with the potential of their lives - anyway Happy Anniversary!

SmitoniusAndSonata said...

Congratulations and many happy years more ....

dianne said...

i stayed with the eXMan a lot longer than i should have just because his mother disapproved of me so vociferously ... but she is a sick, old woman now; and she and i don't detest each other anymore ... we detest the eXMan, instead - ha ha ha!!!

not really (the detest part, i mean) because the opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference ... i find myself sometimes forgetting that he even exists ... we, too, have survived ... but not together

p.s. happy anniversary to both of you!

Stomper Girl said...

Happy Anniversary Molly and J. Such a gorgeous post too.Brought a little tear to my eye.

Pauline said...

Happy Anniversary! Were we all really that young at one time? I can't recall what I had for breakfast yesterday but I can remember what it felt like to be young and in love!

Julie's Journey said...

Slightly late but happy anniversary!