I’m not very good at remembering birthdays, anniversaries, and other such celebrations of life. Through the years I’ve published and updated a family directory which includes birth dates, weddings, and other pertinent information for my family: siblings, their children, and their children’s children (including my own). That should have helped me, but it hasn’t. This year I wrote some of these important celebrations on my calendar hoping that would help. It didn’t! You see, for 57 years “ma Cherie” Cher always took care of that kind of thing.
So you can imagine the chagrin I felt on Thanksgiving Day when someone mentioned Paul and Helen’s recent wedding anniversary. They were married on November 21st thirty years ago. I was there! I even took part in their wedding ceremony! And I totally forgot their anniversary!
I have no excuse for my negligence (even though I’ve tried to find one). I forgot—totally forgot their 30th wedding anniversary!
But I have not forgotten the thirty years of watching them grow in love together. I have not forgotten what wonderful parents they have been for their two sons. I have not forgotten the warmth of their home. I have not forgotten any of that—I just forgot the date. I have not forgotten how much they mean to me, nor how much I love, care, and admire them. Happy (Belated) Anniversary, Paul and Helen.
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