I Followed The Yellow Brick Road

I’m sure many people stare in disbelief when they hit the 50‑YEAR marriage milestone, and even fewer can say they’ve spent all those years with the same partner. Yet here we are…

Exactly 9 minutes ago my sweetie and I entered day one of our one year countdown to our 50th Wedding Anniversary. He’s sleeping, and I’m writing a blog. LOL I am a bit excited so I have to share my plan for the next 365 days. I am the one who likes to plan unique adventures, celebrations, and observations of special occasions. Soooo much that I even wanted to start a business doing that for others. As usual life got in the way and that never happened. But that did not stop me from making this happen for me and my one and only. More on that later. So today I start to journal 365 memories that I will share with him on our special day. I will spend the next year sharing and planning every detail of that celebration. The rational to journaling is I will be held accountable and the end result will be something I can print and share with him. Pretty smart eh?????? so here goes with the first entry. I actually posted this one as our Anniversary Message on FB:

I am posting our anniversary post a day early. Today we had two early doctor appts, one being with Sweetie’s new sleep specialist for test results. After getting lost at the big complex we raced to the office, leaving behind the new insurance card. Thankfully I was able to provide the information needed. The receptionist told Sweetie he should take me out to lunch for saving the day. He said he would on Thursday since it would be celebrating our 49th Anniversary. As his name was called and we walked down the hall she asked, “wow 49 years, what’s the secret?” I didn’t get to answer.

As we sat down I told Sweetie that I had slipped something in his pocket but not to look until after the visit. He looked over to me and said “you didn’t steal the little Jesus statue did you?” We both burst into laughter that had us teary eyed by the time the doctor walked in.

The new doctor is amazing. She was able to diagnose and set up a plan to treat Sweetie’s severe tiredness. We were so thankful we both broke into tears. I don’t think she realized how much answers meant to us.

On the way out I found the receptionist and told her I had the answer to her question. “To last 49 years we had to both laugh together and cry together” I then apologized for stealing one of the little Jesus statues, (btw, are placed there for that reason) I then asked her if I was going to go to hell.

Next stop was his 2nd doctor appt . When we entered, these two lovely ladies were sitting in the lobby. Sweetie headed to the counter for check in…I quickly pulled out my phone and texted him “OMG hide Jesus!”

To the man that I have both laughed and cried with….Happy Anniversary and praying for another 49 years