Six Years

Anniversaries mark the passages of our lives and it has seemed that time flies past us with increasing speed lately.

Still, it is hard for me to comprehend that it was six years ago that my dear loves almost literally snuck away on a bright June Saturday and found a "marrying judge" and made legal and official the reality of their love for one another. I remember it as clearly as if it were just last week -- the "oh my gosh" scramble to find some meaningful gift to give on the occasion that had come to pass with so little fanfare... Today marks the "anniversary" of that day, and it has been a wild and busy and full day when there has scarcely been time to even acknowledge the import of impact of that single moment when the two of them chose to cement a bond that has become the keystone of our family.

The sixth anniversary is, by tradition, the "iron" anniversary, and the gifts exchanged have been appropriate to that tradition: a remastering of an old Iron Butterfly album on CD and a lovely iron ornament for the garden...

For me, there is the rather remarkable fact that a significant part of the day has been spent in resolving a "crisis" relating to the end of my current automobile lease, leading to the purchase of a brand new car. Without significant effort and input from both T and Master, the liklihood of me being able to continue in the current path of our lives was going to be compromised in ways that I could not even begin to comprehend. They never waivered, and the crisis was averted. So the "iron" at the core of our family was demonstrated in concrete terms.

Love lives in this place. Love lives between two most amazing and loving people. Love lives and grows and blossoms between the two people who mean the whole world to me.

Happiest of anniversaries, my dear ones!

swan