Twenty-five years ago today, I married the love of my life. We almost eloped--skipped town and signed the paperwork and moved on. Then we planned a small gathering, maybe in a park somewhere, with close friends and family and a bunch of grilled meat (good ole fashioned Midwestener BBQ), but that plan fell through as well. We ended up in a church, me in a tux of all things and her in the most beautiful dress, looking like the incarnation of all of my dreams, in the middle of a HOT Ohio humid summer, surrounded by ceremony and pomp. Moments after one of the groomsmen passed out, when the wedding attendees were singing a song about an invisible man who lives in the clouds parsing out judgment on the unsuspecting, the love of my life, holding my hands as we looked at each other in front of the churchs alter, leaned in and whispered to me something that will live with me until the day I die. That whisper confirmed for me that I was with the only woman I should be with--that I could be with. That whisper cast all doubt from my mind about spending the rest of my life with this beautiful woman that I had loved from the first moment I set eyes upon her in the halls of Riverside High School. When did my blushing bride whisper to me, in front of the minister, the congregation, and the alter of the church at this most holy of moments in life? Theres sweat running down between my tits and it feels like a bug. There has never been a doubt in my mind about spending the rest of my life with my partner in crime, Andrea. She has had many opportunities, and more than a few reasons, to grab for parole and kick this old cripple to the curb. While I may have given her those reasons, she has stuck with me through thick and thin, and has always had my back. I can think of no other person that I would rather fight my way through the zombie apocalypse with other than Andrea. I love you, more each day. I cannot imagine life without you, and Ive never even tried to. Thanks for sticking by me through all the MS bullshit and all the other health crap stacking up. While I knew long before we were married that I was going to spend the rest of my life with you, I have to admit that as much as we didnt want a fancy wedding I am glad now that we did. I also understand now why they make people take that whole in sickness and in health vow. I will try and stop pushing that one.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 20:12:44 +0000
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