Married 33 years and still at it; we breathe, sleep, play, have discussions of both kinds, and work. Well, he still works, I am retired. My work is to think, brainstorm, or just scheme ways he can retire. I do fine with the first two, obviously not doing too well at the latter.
And, yes, we are opinionated as much as the next person, though, a lot less than many.
He admits to being an actor; I to being a writer/poet. Though I see the writer in him, he hasn’t accepted that I am right - as usual!
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June 1, 2007
I wrote a poem today, our 33rd anniversary. Not that I haven’t written poems nearly every day in the past year. . . Is it one of my best? No, not at all. . . I can write about other people’s heartache and my own, about stupidity and fun, about this meaning that, but when it comes to writing love poems for Leon, I suck, plain and simple. It is like the words are so personal, so private, my heart refuses to share them. Perhaps, because writing and sharing my words are so much a part of me that my mind tells my heart to hold something for just me. . . Sounds possible, doesn’t it, but reality is, I just suck at love poems and he really really deserves the perfect one (NO. I am not going to let go of him so someone else can write one for him, we don’t always get what we want. - Insert grin here-)
So, the poem does have something to say, however, here: Love: All of This and More (On our 33rd)
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I am one of the featured member ads for 55-alive! That’s a first for me. Some of you realize I blog on their site as Meeaugraphie. Their site is not a blog, it just includes blogs. There is something there for about everyone, whether you are into grandkids, computers, RVing, still working, or just loving life. So, look around their site, you’ll find something that interests you –after you see how I looked when our son and daughter-in-law came in November, you wouldn’t recognize me now, sigh.
My little ad is here, part way down the left sidebar (and I know all bloggers know what a side bar is!). Isn’t it ironic they chose to use my picture on their Health and Wellness page — just days after I started my new personal blog on exercising and laughing my way to 114! That’s putting the pressure on me. . . doubt if they knew it yet, the ad had been in the works for weeks — must be the Universe telling me no more procrastinating!
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I’ve declared Fridays a day for Kudos on Shh-Speak up. (Why did I make up with no beginning cap, is it because I am sometimes just speaking and not speaking up?)
Some Fridays it will be about organizations, but today, it is a simple one to Leon for making one aspect of my life easier: using public restrooms. Yes, he makes it easier whether at a highway rest stop or a local restaurant and store. And any husband or friend could do the same. Just do for yours as Leon does for me while I run in the most times YUCK! restroom:
Hold my coat
Hold my purse
Hold my camera
Hold the bags I am carrying (or the books or keys or coffee. . .)
And one he forgets: remind me to tie my long hair back so it doesn’t accidentally make contact with anything!)
It may seem like a little thing, but judging by the envious looks I get from the women whose husbands refuse to touch their purses in public. . . it is not.
And remember, y’all, many of you are hugging her in that coat that got drug on the floor or worse. . .
Thank you, Leon, for making an unpleasant experience (I HATE public restrooms) much better. And you wear my purse quite well, after all you’ve had years of practice.
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