A fun little capture, in writing, about our Anniversary of 24 years.
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24 Years
Here we are celebrating...
24 years
24 years together...
can really add up...
to something real.
Real life.
Real jobs.
Real kids.
—-6 to be exact (or more if you count the ones we’ve folded in along the way)
Real moves.
The real ones we decided together...
or even the ones we didn’t quite make.
Real Adventures.
Filled with many smiles...
that we partook in along the way
Yes. There were a few real tears
but that’s to be expected
when you’re together
—-THIS many years.
I try to always look through the lens
of our 24 years
through the lens of love
and “mostly good.”
Mostly good days...
Mostly good ways...
Many real smiles...
—even with gigantic laundry piles
Many pleasant meals...
—even with the 9,000 milk spills
Many trips
—near and far—
some with our kids,
some just together
Together we have traveled over
—-some amazing bridges.
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Bridges in Japan
from our early days
Bridges in Germany
—one over the gorge
—one where the river made the rapids
perfect for the local kids to
surf on the short board
My favorite Michigan Bridges
—The Mackinac Bridge
—and the very high
Cut River Bridge
We go over that bridge
many times on the way to hike
My favorite
—-Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Trail
...that place that acts like a bridge for me
throughout my life
In San Francisco
I remember seeing
the Golden Gate Bridge
Then the dam-based bridge
on the way into Jinja
while in Uganda
picking up the girls
In Venice there was the series
of four bridges on the Grand Canal,
—-the Rialto stands out especially—
I remember we passed under that one
riding in a water taxi
on the way to our hotel.
I almost forgot the Brooklyn Bridge!
We walked over it with our dear friends
just last year
to share an important slice of life
as they walked to reclaim important memories
from over the years
I’m so proud of them for reclaiming WHAT IS
as an illness tries to steal.
There have been probably 1,000,000
small bridges that we have crossed
—when all added up—
Puts us RIGHT here...
Right here at...
—24 years.
Those are the type of views
I very intentionally hold on to
from our 24 years.
24 years together
of laughter with “style”
and surrounded by the beauty that I hold near
—locked in my smile
Today makes up the celebration...
that bridges us between
I DO and
—-RIGHT HERE—
at 24 years.
Love me,
—Your wife...
—of 24 years
kks
Started 7/30
Finished 8/2/2020