Just another day...

Today marks a highlight in my life. A major milestone that I really hadn’t thought of until now.

A day like any other that is passing by without much fan fair. A day that feels no different than any other. A typical day in my life really. With work and lunch and the normal day to day drudgery of most working couples.

Today marks 20 years of a life with the same person. A bit of a rarity in today’s world.

And much as it was 20 years ago today, I find I still enjoy the company of my significant other. We still share the duties of chores, and dinner, and the other necessities of life and don’t really give much thought as to who is doing them. Well maybe a little…but it’s quickly lost on other things that need to be done.

We still enjoy sitting quietly watching a movie, or TV. Of playing a silly computer game together. We spend all day working nearby and a good bit of that day in each others company. We still hold hands while walking across the parking lot on our way to the store. We still enjoy walking the mountains together and surprisingly, so do the kids.

Although we may not be doing things with quite the quickness we once shared, we still do them without much fuss. And more importantly, we still do it mostly together. Sure there are times when we go off in our separate ways but at the end of the day we are there, once again, together.

I’m not much for leaving the house during the week once we get home, and he likes to go off and do little things with the kids.

I often wonder what’s wrong with us. How can we go though the day and still share a kiss, or a hug, and not feel much different about each other as we did 20 years ago. How can we imagine life any other way?

And more surprising that anything is the fact that our kids are pretty much the same as we are. Even at their age they still enjoy the company of their ole parents and are happy to go off and do the same things we do.

So Happy Anniversary to you, dear.

And here’s to another 20 years! A little bit slower once again perhaps.