Mews from Meowmix

Carolyn and Junior called this morning to invite us to dinner tonight.  Aside from being awakened from a warm sleep-in on a cold morning, the call was a welcome surprise.  Carolyn explained their anniversary was yesterday but they were celebrating tonight and wanted us to join them.

This couple are in their late 70’s and 80’s and a lot of fun.  Carolyn is extremely talkative and outgoing and Junior hardly ever says a word in a crowd.  But get him in a small setting, and he talks a mile a minute!  Carolyn has beautiful white hair that she keeps done in a coif at the beauty shop, has rings on every finger and wears hangy-down earrings………….enjoys life to the fullest.

This couple is a hoot, let me tell you.  They were celebrating their 2nd anniversary.  Now that’s not an anniversary of two years but actually their 2nd anniversary.  You see, they were married when she was 16 and he was 27.  They had 4 kids and then things happened.  They divorced and both had subsequent other relationships.  They were apart some 30 years, I think.  Other things happened, then about 4 or 5 years ago, they reconnected.  They ended up being remarried, hence the anniversary yesterday was their 2nd anniversary.  The first wedding took place some 53 years ago; the second happened probably 4 years ago, I’m not completely sure.

They are happy as bugs in a rug.  You will see them walking across the parking lot holding hands, and he opens the car door for her and helps seat her.

We enjoyed the salad bar at Shoney’s tonight with them before church, stopping off at our house so they could meet Barney and to wait for church time.  And he told pet stories for 45 minutes!  I loved it.

These two just make me feel good.  If I have a sour day when I question if true love exists today (well, you know what I mean), all I gotta do is think about Carolyn and Junior.  Also, when I wonder if God really works in our lives (which I shouldn’t; I’ve been the recipient too many times of His works), all I gotta do is think about the journey these two took together, apart, and then back together.  Since God is love, and love is quiet apparent, His hand had to be moving!

Hope sharing Carolyn and Junior with you gives you a smile, just as they give me smiles!

OTHER SMILES TODAY:

1. My church family……….
2. My blog family………….
3. Buying the turkey and ham for Saturday.
4. Anticipating our Thanksgiving meal on Saturday.
5. Mike J, our life insurance agent.  Life insurance agents and funeral directors with senses of humor…………quite a company to keep, don’t you think?
6. Kathy B came to church tonight.
7. Remembering November 20, 1971.  Happy birthday, Michael.

I’m gonna conclude my very pleasant evening by heading to my recliner for the late news without going to Facebook and playing Word Twist.  That game is messing with my mind!

See you tomorrow evening.  May God bless and keep you.