Tuesday, July 18, 2017

This Is Called an ANNIVERSARY---

How do we count them?

By one plus one, by five plus five, by ten plus ten, and then...


If we’re lucky, we get old. If we’re very lucky, we get old together.
©1993 By Karen Shapiro
{Best wedding present you can get if your friend is a talented artist}


We get silver anniversaries, and then our hair tells the same. Hair color gives us gold at the golden anniversary.

Black & White photographs make all those colors timeless. They also fade less, and so once a year we can look at them and think---

We weren’t babies. But my, we were young(er). ^

14 comments:

Janie Junebug said...

After I got divorced, the day of my wedding anniversary bothered me for a while. Now I don't think about it, but I congratulate you on yours.

Love,
Janie

Barbara Etlin said...

What a beautiful couple you are. Happy Anniversary! May you have many, many more.

Tina Cho said...

Happy Anniversary! Beautiful stitching and photos!

Karen Jones Gowen said...

Happy anniversary! You both look fabulous! You haven't changed much at all through the years, Mirka. I'd definitely recognize it as you if all I had to go on was your wedding photo.

Mirka Breen said...

Thank you, Karen. Even I'd recognize us, though a closer look shows we have walked some miles between then and now. The changes are *earned* ;)

Mirka Breen said...

Thanks, Tina. My old friend is a super talented artist, now famous for her ceramic art.

Mirka Breen said...

Thank you, kind Barbara.

Mirka Breen said...

The dates of anniversaries and birthdays remain, even after what they celebrate is gone. I'm keenly aware of my parents' birthdays, and they now have a death-day also...

Unknown said...

Happy Anniversary dear friend.

Mirka Breen said...

Thank you, Steph. You and I met only a year plus later, babies in our arms. So we go way back, too...

Evelyn said...

I hope you had a lovely anniversary day! It's good to see both pictures of the two of you. And to think about all the meaningful years between them, filled with both joys and sorrows. I hope there'll be more joys than sorrows in the years to come. Hugs to you, dear friend.

Mirka Breen said...

Thank you, Ev. You have had many anniversaries under your apron.

Kelly Hashway said...

Sorry I'm late, but I hope you had a wonderful anniversary!

Mirka Breen said...

Late? You just extended the date :D