One Of Those Days In This Lovely World
Where Nothing is Out Of The Ordinary
Still wonderful and getting better and better
Time with each other
If we were a checklist
We checked all the boxes
If we were playing basketball
We scored a three-pointer
Then again if we were playing football
It is a hail mary
In baseball a triple play
At miniature golf a hole in one
The incredible thoughts and reasons to follow
After just celebrating twenty years married
Most people might fall into a rut
A pattern of the same old thing
Well, for me I am grateful
I have enjoyed so many years that have slipped bye
Now is the time
To create more magical moments
That lead to outstanding memories
Most of our lives are filled with day to day routines
Paying bills, fixing problems that come up out of the blue
Food shopping and today getting out of the ninety-degree heat
Working all week
Enjoying our time off
It might be watching a little t.v. or on the computer
Making the time to go out for a light lunch
Talking and discovering something new about each other
Just like a first date
Looking into each other's eyes
Acting like we are the only people in the room
Where small talk
Becomes everything we ever wanted
Talking about the future
How we congratulate each other
For working so hard
Returning home to our little slice of heaven
Nothing is ever perfect but it is as beautiful as it can get
Where my wife complains about the strangest things
Then I go my best to put out all the fires
A blind pimple on her head
It will gone before you know it
To a jar she can't open
That is what I am here for
I am her Superman
The refrigerator is too small or is it the freezer
My solution buy less food then we don't have to worry
We don't need a bigger one
I worry about nothing that seems to bother you
You curse when things don't go your way
I say all this doesn't really matter
Somebody didn't thank us
When we held up traffic to let them cut in
In an instant when your temperature rises
From a misplaced shopping list to an air conditioner that stopped working
We went shopping for another one
The air conditioner lasted seventeen years
That's a little over twenty-three dollars a year
Tell me again why you are complaining?
A bite on your neck
From an unfriendly bug
How dare he?
Quietly biting you when you weren't looking
Sometimes forgetting to water our plants and garden
Leaving it to look like a barren desert
Chasing a fly around the house
Exhausted, leaving it for our cat Charlotte to catch
Quickly trying to revive any plants that haven't shriveled up and wilted
Your sneakers giving you trouble
The humidity makes your body swell
Your left thumb is numb
A knee that doesn't want to cooperate
All this will pass
Take a beath
I don't think this list ever ends
I guess these little things keep us on our toes
It keeps us from the monotony of a humdrum day
I need a hug
Now a smile
That's what makes me happy for a long time
You can race around
Find troubles or wait till they will find you
I spend all my time
Celebrating happiness
The little bites that would fit in a snack size baggy
One day I hope they fill the huge contractor bags
Where we have to go through box after box
Then even after all that
We would run out of bags
Giving up on even trying
Since there are too many lovely times leftover
We will never get to the end
Comments
DREAM ON (author) on July 07, 2021:
BRENDA ARLEDGE The good is only good when you can see through the bad. My mother and father had a good and strong marriage. Over the years I could feel their love for each other. Hopefully, subconsciously I took in their good habits and left any bad out. Figuring I have enough of my own bad I don't need any help in that area. Now I have learned to focus on the good and how to make it better. Married twenty years is only a small number compared to other marriages. What I like the best is we are still at the honeymoon stage. We are still learning about each other. One day at a time. I don't know where twenty years have gone. I am willing to practice for twenty more. Thank you for all your support. My father would say take everything with a grain of salt. I don't need more salt. I switched to pepper.
BRENDA ARLEDGE from Washington Court House on July 07, 2021:
You sound like the two of you can balance out one another...that's great.
No worries...just move on.
I like that
DREAM ON (author) on July 07, 2021:
Gypsy Rose Lee I had to work on the 4th Of July and it was busy. Every day I enjoy all the freedom and pleasures of America. Could you at least hear the fireworks from your window? How are your book sales doing? You have done so much and every day you keep at it. Maybe your dream guy is right around the corner. Cpngratulations!!!! You are a fighter. Stick it out. You are so close.Thank you for reading and sharing.
Gypsy Rose Lee from Daytona Beach, Florida on July 01, 2021:
Sometimes I feel like life is a neverending story and things just keep coming at you and some are good and some not so good, Anyway, I keep trying to go with the flow. I hope you and yours have a wonderful Fourth Of July weekend, I will keep to my cool workroom and clean up stuff on my laptop, I am in no mood to face any crowds yet and particularly not by myself,