Life moves forward. We look backward.
Time often seems to stand still. How we measure determines length.
Excitement builds. Memories rise to the surface..
A Third Generation family wedding. Their "special day". Our pictures requested.
Memories of decades past. Soon to watch first grand-daughter "tie the knot".
Focusing is limited. We see only so far ahead. A life together, children perhaps.
Growing older, but not too fast!
What's left behind far less than what lies in front.
Flashback. Lookback. Lived in the present; worked for the future.
In College together. He, a Junior Me, a Freshman.
We made it work. Even when he graduated.
For me, Scholarships & Summer Jobs. Each Semester an uncertainty.
Dependent on finding continuity. Part-time jobs, long rides and short times.
One day, week, month year. Original plan to teach set aside.
The "Business Bug Bit". Switched to Marketing Management.
A handful of women only twelve in the program.
State College. Large classes.
Time critical. No ring on my finger.
Need to find a full time job. Where? When? How? Interviews -- "Man Wanted"!
A year and a half together Two and a half years apart.
The distance doubled, He was climbing the corporate ladder.
Spring Break. He returned to STL.
I gave the ultimatum. Not willing to graduate and "stay together" without a ring on my finger. No, we didn't live together. Would we have today?
Different World. Living together now common.
Not considered "marriage". No longer seen as "shacking up".
Engaged mid-March Married mid-October.
The roads that twist and turn Rise and Fall, Begin and End.
In the words of a popular song: "We'd Only Just Begun..."
Our Wedding also in October. Smaller yet family focused.
Relatives mostly. Family and friends.
Then . . . Paper Invitations Only Newspaper Announcements for some
Now . . . Tik Tok Everything's Computerized.
This "new" bride and groom Lived together Now "tying the knot" officially.
Parent's today turn away Afraid they'll "lose" contact
True, it is "their life" Society doesn't care. And that "little pill". . . works wonders.
What do they really learn over this time? We are all developing and changing constantly.
So, how do they count Anniversaries today? From moving in together?
There's something about that "final step". It's like closing a door and locking it When before you could leave it open or ajar.
I wish them decades and more. A New ERA? Times change . . . or do they?
It's all about perception. It's all about the angles of viewing life.
