Yesterday, I tried not to think too much but, inevitably, I thought about John a lot. We had been together for nearly fifty-seven years, which is a very long time. And yesterday would have been our fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Had the ol’ man been here, it would have been absolutely golden, wouldn’t it?
Equally, I thought a lot about Mum, too. On 27th July last year, we were holding her funeral. Despite the nature of our gathering, it was actually rather good because it meant that we saw lots and lots of our family and friends on our 49th wedding anniversary – and Gail even got us a cake to celebrate, which went down well. We didn’t know then that it would be our last, but I am grateful for that day with everyone.
I was keen not to spend our anniversary on my own, so one or two of my ‘besties’ came over: Dave and Chris; George and Sue – most of whom had been there at the very start of our journey; Anita; and Pete and Dawn – all of whom have absolutely been there for us all the way. I so appreciated their gentle understanding, their chatter about normal things and their toast to John. We had a lovely day together.
We had had a lovely day on our wedding day itself, too. As happy as happy can be. With a rolling pin at the ever-ready, it was always going to be a long marriage, wasn’t it?
Hi Anne glad you had a good day.
I arranged for the cake but your sons bought it after some nagging from me!!
It looks as if it was a happy day in 1974 and it was a lovely day chatting in easy company on Saturday .
What a wonderful picture. So good to hear you shared memories with your closest. 💕 our love xx
We did have a gentle, convivial day didn’t we? It was lovely to chat at length to those friends who I have met briefly over the years.
I am so pleased that you were comforted and were able to remember John in happy times. 💕