Contrary to some predictions at the time Jim and I have just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. The silver that marked the event is present in our hair! Our decision to be together was not a universally celebrated event. In fact I don’t know anyone who was happy about it at the time. Even Jim and I wished it were otherwise but the decision seemed out of our control; forces of the universe and all that. And here we are 25 years later on the other side of the continent and the scandal of the century has been replaced by thousands of other interesting stories. We are still happy in our little bubble and have had a wonderful two and a half decades. It seemed a momentous milestone and we wrestled with how to mark the occasion initially thinking a super special trip would be the answer. Eventually we realized that the relationship we have with our friends and family members all over the world is our most prized possession and that we would go back to PEI to celebrate, to the scene of the crime as it were.
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| Alan making a point? |
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| Nancy, Karon, Jim |
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| Melynda, Mark, Pat, Paul, Sue |
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| still not sure? |
Pat and Ed, (Jim’s sister and b-i-l) agreed to let us host a party at their house and that’s what we did. We had a great time and it was the perfect celebration. Except for Jim’s parents everyone from the wedding was present; there were only seven of us on the day so it wasn’t that hard. Our very dear friends Jim & Karon Croll came from Fredericton and the family showed up in droves. Our stalwart compadres, who muster any time we appear and who can’t imagine how important they are to us, were there again and again and again.
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| the Saint John/Halifax Griffiths |
Mark and Paul are both older now than Jim was when we married, that shocked them, and while they were reluctant attendees of the wedding dinner we seem to have worked out a happy relationship. Paul made it possible for Mark and Melynda to come to the party and he gave Jim and me executive class tickets which I am enjoying right now while I write this blog post.
Of our 25 years, actually 27, together, 22 have been on the west coast. Thankfully my sister figured that out while we were thinking only about ancient history, and she got our Victoria ‘family’ together for a celebration too. So the occasion has been signed, sealed, and delivered, and we are looking forward to the next 25 with great pleasure but also with the wealth of love and support that we enjoy from our very special circle.
If you ain’t got people, people, you ain’t got nuthin.
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| Jim enjoying his 'pod' on the way home. |
3 comments:
Well, congratulations, both of you. Youse. You are the kind of good people that we aspire to be. And I love the last line -- is it a quote? Or a wonderful original?
I don't recall having read/heard the line anywhere but can't imagine it's original. Someone must have said it before because it's just so true.
Happy Anniversary! The two of you are honoured members of that group of people without whom we're nothing! (Did that make any grammatical sense whatsoever?! Hopefully the sentiment was clear, if not the language...) We love you, we admire you, and we're really happy you made that move to the West Coast! Here's to many more happy, adventurous, loving years together. - Mir and Kim XOXO
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