Happy Anniversary, Baby. Got You On My Mind

It is raining outside; a steady, heavy rain driven by strong gusts of wind. It is a welcome rain. The record dry spell we’ve had in Perth has finally come to an end. The weather today is nothing like it was a couple of days ago let alone sixteen years ago in North Carolina, USA, as I waited for the Librarian to arrive and walk down the aisle.

The word ‘aisle’ was especially appropriate on that day because the Church where we got married was in the middle of a shopping centre. There we were in suits and ties and elegant clothes while shoppers hurried about and sent curious glances our way. ‘Surreal’ is almost inadequate to describe it.

And so we were married and not long after that the Librarian came home with me. We landed in Perth and were greeted by rain. That’s right, folks. My bride came to my much boasted about sunny city only to be greeted by rain. It would be several days before she saw the sun.

That was a long time ago but sometimes it seems like yesterday. Where did the years go? It seems to me that the interval between the 1^st of January and the 31^st of December becomes shorter every year. And where did those two young men come from? They were only born a handful of years ago, surely? How about the grey hair on the man that looks back at me when I shave?

Time does fly and it flies faster as we get older. I’m just glad that I have the Librarian with me on this trip through time.

Happy anniversary, Sweetheart.