Happy Anniversary Sweetheart – 22 Years and Counting

On Saturday night my lovely wife of 22 years and I celebrated our anniversary with a candle light eat-at-home take-out dinner. I had planned on taking her to one of the area’s many fine restaurants – last year we celebrated at Mount Vernon – but die to the Coronavirus, we had to improvise. With Hummus and grape leaves appetizer and wonderful rice pudding from Katrina’s (for Linda) and Chicken Parmesan from Primo’s (for me) we celebrated together.

It was 22 years ago, on May 9, 1998, Linda and I stood in front of our fireplace and exchanged vows for all the world to see. It was a wonderful day in our house on Possum Trot. Even our cat, Sophie got into the act. During the service she hopped up on the riser in front of the fireplace and started playing with Rev. Cleaver’s tassels. Both our families were well represented at the small, private service in our house.

Since then we’ve had our ups and downs including our biggest challenge, Linda discovering she has a long-term illness. Stull, we’re together taking it day by day.