Celebrating the start of a marriage one day and the 60th year of a different marriage the next...
My dad's parents have been married for 60 years, they renewed their vows in a mass, we ate a meal together and then gathered at my cousins house for relaxed play time. On the ride home, Jim and I were sitting in comfortable silence. I thought about how lucky I would feel if, in the future, he and I were joined by our children, grandchildren and friends to celebrate a major milestone.
Other quick snapshots of the weekend:
Watching Willa play with the children of my cousins, older and bigger, with no hesitation.
Learning who my cousins, who moved to Dodge City when we were young, are as adults.MaKenna and Arlo sitting in the play house with the windows closed because MaKenna didn't want him to jump out, like Greta had minutes before.
My mom's face lighting up when Willa saw her in church and waved.
Watching Jim talk with my grandma (who had a little crush on him when she remembered who he is) and tell her little jokes.
Finally falling into bed last night with Jim, exhausted, a little sunburnt, feeling love and loved so earnestly that I couldn't sleep right away.
It was a busy and wonderful and whole weekend, as evidenced by the 238 photos on the digital camera. Will post some this week.
Also, this morning, Willa hugged me. It was a for real, intentional hug. I picked her up and squeezed her, making the hug sound (Internet, how does one spell the hug sound, please?) and she did it right back and I could feel her butt cheeks squeezing together as she burrowed into me. Sigh and loopy grin.
3 comments:
Fun weekend! Congratulations to those married, and those married for 60 years! Wow.
LOL.. good weekend!! Isn't it funny how kids butts clench when they're excited? I held Rose as I was unlocking the door to my folk's house and she was so excited to see Grandma that she had that little butt clenched! ~B
Those are the times that you cherish and you realize how lucky you are to have everything that you wanted and more. . . while the yucky stuff in life is just rolling down your back. It's that feeling that all is right in the world. (Don't you love pregnancy hormones. Oh yeah, I'm crying too!)~Jen
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