Very dorky, very embarrassing, very favorite old photo.
Last night My Sweets + I climbed into bed. Babies out. Lights out. We said our love yas and cuddled up to our perspective pillows pretty exhausted. A few minutes later I heard an out of the blue whisper. The best kind. He said "Remember when......?" "Yes, of course. That was insane." We giggled for many minutes recalling a time, as teens, when we were hired to cater a fancy French party at some professor's house and didn't know we'd have to cook. Things caught on fire. We flirted. Good times. We said goodnight. Then I whispered "Remember when...... ?" And all over again, we started to laugh. "How did we find out about that pond anyway?" "Your brother." "Oh, right." Haha. This went on for a while. Bien sure. He's my suitor. My best friend. My person. We have 16 years of Remember Whens in our vault. More than half my life I've been intrigued by this Tom guy. I can't remember what I had for lunch most days, but I can see every moment I've ever shared with him, magical and otherwise, fresh in my head. I asked him if he remembers the night we met {this week in 1992}, and he described in detail my plaid skirt, brown suede coat, and terribly timid demeanor. I drifted off into a happy slumber.
By all accounts, the above photo is superbad with its banquet hall lighting + general awkwardness. I look so snotty, but really I was between smiles and without a clue where to position that right arm. And nervous, my heart about to pound right out of that lil' pink dress from Paris. His whole family was watching.
And still, I treasure this photo. It was the first one taken of My Sweets + I, long before there was an 'us'. He showed up at my work one day to bring me the momento. I starred at it often ~ in my juvenile obsessive way ~ wishing upon a star he would some day, some how fall mad in love with that girl in the photo. Oh lucky me... he did.
4 comments:
a true love story! How amazing! So happy for you both! Love and hope to talk to ya soon!
you two are very blessed .. you have something most people don't find in a lifetime .. i remember so well taking pics that day at his graduation party .. so glad he chose you to be his wife and a special part of our family!! we have been so blessed by his decision!! love you forever
I remember you saying that you'll never find anyone as perfect for you as Tom and my response was "he's right there." Go and get him. Dad then put the two of you on some flower planting jobs where you could spend even more time talking about nothing. So delighted that everything worked out so well for both of you. Tom is a treasure in our family and we love him like he's our own. We have never worried about you or your happiness because we know how much you love each other. MOst people have no clue what it's lke to have that kind of love. I've always considered myself lucky to have your father and knowing that you have that, too, is such a comfort to me as a parent. We love you all!
I've been reading your blog forever, and felt I shouldn't answer till I had a blog myself...but I don't yet but I have to tell you how much I love your blog and reading it makes me happy. I love hearing about your sweet family. I love how much in love you are with your hubby, it encourages me to love more. Thanks for sharing.
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