SOLSC 2022 #12 - This day is ours

 

It is March 2022 and time for the

 15th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge  

Every single day, for all thirty-one days of March,

writers will share stories.

Thank you, Two Writing Teachers, for creating this supportive community 

of teacher-writers!

(I offer a simple haiku for today's post, while Tony & I celebrate our 34th wedding anniversary.)

Anniversary

today we celebrate love

holding each other

SOL20 Slice #12: Happy Anniversary!

I am participating in the
 Slice of Life Story Challenge (SOL20).  
All participants are sharing stories about moments in their lives, writing 
 every day for the month of March 2020.
Thank you, Two Writing Teachers!

This slice is a short one. You see, today's our wedding anniversary. 32 precious years. I want to spend a quiet evening with my honey.

I stepped in from the playground this morning, guiding my preschoolers back into the classroom, when I saw the gorgeous flowers, the Happy Anniversary balloons, and the delicious chocolates, sitting right there at the main desk. The school secretary was smiling broadly. What a bounteous gift! What joy!

Oh, and there's the PE coach. He slips up to the desk, saying enthusiastically,
"Oh my, my wife really surprised me today! I sure didn't expect this!"

and he grabs all those anniversary goodies into his arms.

Ha!

I call to him - "Wait! Mr. A, is today YOUR wedding anniversary?"

He responds, "Yes! It sure is!"

I continue, "It's mine, too! What a coincidence! Today we celebrate 32 years. How about you?"

Mr. A - "We're celebrating 15...I plan to catch up to you, one day!"

I joke, "You should double-check the name on all that loot...are you sure it's not mine? Happy, happy anniversary to you! We are special!! We're connected."

I stopped at the florist on the way home, and bought my sweet hubby flowers and chocolates! I wanted to see him beam, too.

Happy day.

We both bought flowers!

SOL 19 Slice #12 Being With You

I am participating in the
 Slice of Life Story Challenge (SOL19)
All participants are writing about one moment, one part of their day, every day for the month of March 2019.

A big thank you to Two Writing Teachers for providing this unique opportunity

for teacher-writers to share and reflect.

It's my anniversary...Tony and I celebrate 31 years of marriage today! Here's an attempt at poetry (31 lines!) to commemorate our special day...

BEING WITH YOU

finding one another
chatting, conversing, joking, charming, sweet-talking, 
dreaming, hoping, and longing

dating, being with
piano-playing, softball-throwing, ping-pong-challenging
shoveling snow, retreating, burrowing together

reading, making playlists, writing love notes
fitting together well

hugging, kissing, caressing

 being gentle with one another
marrying 

baking biscuits, keeping house, taking care of one another
moving, dancing, laughing
intertwining
having babies, raising boys

creating a home, a family, a life together

walking, climbing, hiking, traversing, exploring the great outdoors
traveling, sightseeing

praying, believing

surprising, intriguing, listening
caring, devouring, trusting, honoring, treasuring

persevering

hungering for and satisfying
supporting and comforting, mourning together, holding each other up

wrapping in warm tender love 

 becoming grandparents, hearts swelling, together
making memories and reminiscing

growing old together
handling with care
loving

holding on to one another