Today is our 40th wedding anniversary. At this point, we have officially been married two thirds of our lives. Makes sense. I have lost two thirds of my strength and energy. I would like to think I've gained a third more wisdom, but my memory is going, so I don't really know. I know I've grown a third bigger in the non-brain areas, but Reed has been thoughtful enough to grow with me to make it less obvious. Through the years we accumulated many things--3 houses, 10 motorcycles, 17 vehicles, an undisclosed (by Reed) amount of guns and tools, two dogs, four cats, three children and one grandchild. Of course we have not had all those things at the same time, like houses, or kept all of them. We plan to keep the children but, since they are no longer children, we keep them in other houses. If we live long enough, they will have to figure out where to keep us. The circle of life.
When you are young and in love, you do not think your love could ever grow stronger. But, through the years, the freshness of love transforms as it sinks deeper inside you until it becomes as familiar as your own heartbeat. Which makes sense because, eventually, a couple shares the same heart. Marriage is not losing yourself to another person, it is finding your best self through them. At least, if you are married to the right person, it is. So what do I want after 40 years of marriage? A life sentence.
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