I woke this morning
with a chuckle.
The first words I spoke to my husband,
on this day,
our anniversary,
were
"Oh my gawd! Put your mask on!"
In reference to his C-Pap.
"Your snoring is ridiculous!"
Then I had to laugh
because man
how the years have changed
the celebration of this day.
Or at least the
societal romantic expectation
of this day.
At least for me anyway.
This is real married life.
Authentic and real.
Snoring and C-Pap and aging bodies.
A husband hurling back the blankets and waking his wife
because he can't be the only one woken
to let out the dog
that gently lets it be known
that she needs to pee.
Then said husband,
crawling back into bed,
well more like
hurling back into bed
with a thud ~
because why should wife sleep if he's not?!
Then wife saying
"put on your mask or you'll be snoring in minutes"
as she dozes off again.
Only to be woken
four minutes later
to a freight train.
Oh no, that's just the snoring.
"Told you so" is a real thing in a marriage.
Predicting,
well rather "knowing"
what the others mood
or action
or reaction
will be
to a particular circumstance
or situation.
The ability to call it out
before they even do it.
But what I didn't predict
was the Red Roses
delivered to the door
as we sat together
drinking our morning coffee
in the sunshine
reminiscing about this day
from many years ago.
Red Roses ~
the 1990's flower of love
but then again,
that is our era after all.
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