October 9, 2005

  • Time Passages

    Ms. 5:      Isn't that a picture of you and Daddy getting married?

    Me    :          Yes, honey, and Sunday will be our 17th wedding anniversary!

    Her    :          Oh, my teacher just had that happen to her!

    Is a long marriage passive, or active?

    I'm not sure, but we celebrated (as we seldom do -- usually it's a case
    of "Hey -- didn't we have an anniversary last week?"  "Oh -- yeah,
    maybe.  Or, no -- I think it was the week before.") by canoing a
    local lake, where the winds, chiller than that other October, rippled
    the water and ruffled the edges of the pines; where, seated for lunch,
    the paddling-sweat died and we sipped hot sweet tea and hurried back
    into the boat.

    And there was a Great Blue, in that pre-flight moment just when my camera batteries died.  But I think it's probably better to keep the flight in memory-only anyway.

Comments (18)

  • After 17 years, I would suggest it would be active!

    Sail on... sail on!!!

  • It's probably both, isn't it?  Too much active would only exhaust a person, whereas too much passive would result in both forgetting about it.  Happy Anniversary to you. 

  • Happy anniversary!  All the best to you and your family.

  • Anniversaries are for people who like to keep score.

  • I like your idea of an anniversary celebration.

  • Happy Anniversary...sounds like a pleasant way to spend the day!

  • Happy anniversary!  Such a beautiful bride!  I hope that your time on the lake was as enchanting and romantic as you had hoped.  Here to hope for many years ahead.

    Boby

  • Seventeen.  Good number.
    You're eight years ahead of me in that department.
    My 9th was Sept 28.

  • a long marriage is neither passive nor active. it's a blessing. hope you have many more anniversaries (and canoe rides).

  • would disagree with stevej.  anniversaries are for looking back, and ahead, and seeing the same person standing next to you the whole time, and being amazed and gratified by the sight.  happy anniversary, and many many more.

  • I'm with Daffodilious -- we mark our 28th next month, and ours is both. It's a little like a dance. Lovely way to share a day with a friend. The flight of a great blue at that range is a poem, best recalled and recited.

  • Look at you!  I love that picture.  What a beautiful dress. happy anniversary to you both. 

  • Happy Anniversary.... A long marriage, any marriage is, I think, at times passive, at times active.... Here's a toast to many more!

  • Happy Anniversary - and my wish for you to have a surprising amount of happiness in the coming year. 

  • Happy Anniversary! Look at that broad smile in your wedding photo.  Wow.  Gorgeous.  Seventeen years.  I don't believe there are any people in my life who I have actually seen every day for the past seventeen years.  In fact, I'm sure of it.  That is quite an accomplishment. I hope that you are both as happy as you were on your wedding day if a little frayed around the edges. 

  • belated happy anniversary. I wish you many more very happy ones

  • passive or active good question...

    perhaps the dead battery was a blessing.. it forced you to capture that memory so that now you will always have it.

    happy seventeen, may you have many more canoe rides followed by sweet tea and memories.

  • I think it takes an enormous amount of dedication and self-sacrifice to make it to 17 years, whether you are passive or active in marriage (let alone 22). I think that lasting marriages are both passive and active... but it would take several weeks for me to elaborate on that.

    You were SUCH a lovely bride, Faith!

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