Today call me feliz.
Today call me feliz. I mean, it is Cinco de Mayo. Of course I’m happy. And I haven’t even ordered a pitcher of margaritas. Or chips and guacamole. Which is making me question my priorities, frankly; but patience is a virtue and ¡Dios mío! I need all of that stuff I can get.
So I’ll wait until I’ve finished this post to flag down the waitress and ask about Holiday Specials.
In the meantime? It’s May 5th, the anniversary of the first time I went to Happy Hour with a now-dear friend (let’s call her La Bonita). It’s also the day she decided to set up me with “this great guy” she knew (I’ll call him Guillermo).
Of course I rejected her offer, as did the “great guy” in question (fool). But La Bonita knew better (gracias) and 24 hours later she subjected the fool and me to an ambush blind-date at a local Mexican restaurant-slash-bar called Cisco’s.
The date was May 6th, 1994. And the rest, as they say, es la historia. Or maybe no one says that.
Either way.
Today I’m celebrating the anniversary of the evening I unwittingly met my future husband by sharing a few truths I had not yet learned as of May 5th, 1994.
(That’s right, kids. There was a time when Mommy didn’t know everything.)
At Cinco de Mayo Happy Hour, seventeen years ago, I didn’t know…
…How to think beyond tomorrow. (Although I could call Citibank from a bar to increase my credit limit.)
…That I’d never again win a game of cards. (Really. I suck. Hard.)
…How to pretend to enjoy skiing until one day I did. (Mostly. Please bring the glove warmers.)
…That I’d show up to work with no make-up and wet hair just to spend the night with Guillermo the Fool. (Shhh.)
…How delicious asparagus and lobster could be. (How did I not know?)
…That Dave Matthews Band sounds better after a few glasses of wine. (1985 Mill Creek Merlot).
…How lovely the sunset looks from your own balcony (Duh.)
…That a gift can be as simple as a bag of Ruffles brought home from the grocery store. (Reduced fat!)
…How stressful it is to buy a house and a wedding simultaneously. (Not recommended. A lot.)
…That I’d gain three sisters and call two new people Mom and Dad. (Gardners + Christiansons = yeah. I never learned to like math. I do, however, adore my family.)
…How much I had to discover about compromise, sacrifice and joy. (As it turns out? Everything.)
…That I’d give birth 365 days after receiving the keys to our first house. And then again two years later. (Ouch.)
…How hard surrender is. And also beautiful. (But the hard part’s what knocks the wind out of you.)
…That I’d feel both desperate for and also unworthy of so much love. (Still.)
…How scared, lucky, mad, excited, frustrated, hopeful, despairing, and full of gratitude I could be. (Very.)
…That the minutes would drag but the years would fly. (It’s science. I’m pretty sure.)
…How to fold underwear but not sheets and which pillows are best for hugging and what meals make all four of us smile and when to push and where to pull and the scream of silence and the noise of laughter and how to operate the DVR so no one misses a favorite show and what room is best for reading together and how we spend our time apart and when we need space or intimacy and how to love and hate or forgive and forget and move past the bad while never letting go of the good and that most mountains are better to climb up than to die on.
Seventeen years ago today, I didn’t know that my greatest weaknesses and strengths, my biggest failures and successes, my deepest loves would grow outside of me.
But now?
I know.
Feliz.
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80 Comments to Today call me feliz.
by MommaKiss
On May 5, 2011 at 7:38 am
reduced fat even? that’s impressive.
happy anni – enjoy a marg or 7 for me!
by Suniverse
On May 5, 2011 at 7:39 am
This is lovely. Really.
Although I’m going to take your word for the asparagus and lobster thing because ewww . . . bugs of the sea.
PS How could no one else discuss my Brodbinangian comment? Seriously, that’s what’s wrong with the world today.
Let’s be friends.
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 7:46 am
Momma – 7 IS a lucky number. So I’m in. On your behalf as well…I’m all about generosity and public service. (such a giver.) I’ll throw in some Ruffles for extra.
Suniverse – We already are. You’re stuck with me. And Jonathan Swift. For better or worse (or something like that.)
by twinisms
On May 5, 2011 at 7:47 am
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. And it’s true a bag of chips can turn your whole day around:)
by John
On May 5, 2011 at 7:48 am
This gave me a serious case of the warm fuzzies.
And as somebody who bought a house, broke his elbow (before moving much of anything into said house because we were going to “redecorate”), and then tried to slowly re-integrate his “old stuff” with one arm while planning a wedding . . . yeah, houses & wedding planning should never, ever mix.
Congratulations on the anniversary, Julie.
by Ostriches
On May 5, 2011 at 7:57 am
Staring down the barrel of a third baby in three years, I feel really encouraged by this post. Perhaps it’s because you speak of mother/wifehood in such beautiful tones. Perhaps it’s because you call your future husband by the code name, Guillermo.
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 8:04 am
Twinisms – Thanks for bearing with the sap…it had to be done. BEFORE the margaritas and chips. But rest assured, they’re coming!
John – LOVE the warm fuzzies. Don’t love simultaneous house/wedding planning. Just another thing we have in common…Hope the afterglow of the marathon is still trailing you ~
Ostriches – Thank you, friend. I love the way you frame your posts with perspective and gratitude amongst the chaos and humor. So your compliment means a lot to me. (And Guillermo, of course.)
by Nina
On May 5, 2011 at 8:06 am
Awww, I loved this. And way to be on the early band-wagon for Dave Matthews. My friends and worshiped him when we were in high school and of course we think we discovered him. That was in the early-mid 90s.
by Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom)
On May 5, 2011 at 8:07 am
I just posted on Facebook: “My mom is flying in to visit me later this month. This makes me happier than a bag of salt and vinegar chips. Now that’s love.”
Okay, so I’m nowhere near as poetic as you, but we–once again–are on the same page.
Beautiful post, J.
by JButt
On May 5, 2011 at 8:20 am
I love reading people’s accounts of The First Meeting. Yours didn’t disappoint. And every story is even better with a margarita. Was it mango? Because that would blow my mind.
So lovely. My math degree says your formula works, but only in complex mathematics, like something called Quadratic Fractal Geometry.
Loved.
This and you. You know, take your pick.
by Heidi
On May 5, 2011 at 8:22 am
That is just a beautiful post, Julie. Can’t be snappy and clever today, just in awe. Lovely words, lovely family, such touching perspective on the years. Thanks for sharing it all.
Lobster & asparagus, huh? Who knew?
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 8:28 am
Nina – Yes, Guillermo and I listened to a lot of Dave Matthews in our first apartment together in the mid-nineties. (The wine was a ten-year-old bottle, so we thought we were pretty cool…oh. I mean we WERE!)
Leanne – Of course salt & vinegar chips rock. Hard. Like moms. Aren’t we so lucky? (some answers are easy.)
JButt – Oh my. I’m glad I’m too old to cower in a corner at the thought of Quadratic Fractal Geometry. Instead, my eyes are just tearing up a little. (would you balance my checkbook?) You make me smile. Big.
Heidi – Thanks so much. I will take your inability to be snappy and clever as a serious compliment – because you are those things in spades. I’d share my lobster & asparagus with you any day. XO
by Elena
On May 5, 2011 at 8:41 am
Happy anniversary! What a cool fact – the 365 days between your first hour and first child. I agree – always bring glove warmers out on the slopes.
by Janie Fox
On May 5, 2011 at 8:42 am
Love this. That Guillermo is a lucky fool but I suspect he knows that!
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 8:47 am
Elena – Ahhhh. So we CAN ski together. I’ll bring the glove warmers, you bring the flashlights
Janie – I THINK he does. I’ll ask him as soon as he gets back from buying me Ruffles at the grocery store – ha!
by KLZ
On May 5, 2011 at 9:17 am
Oh, feliz made me cry. I think it was the part about the DVR that did it. Damn, I can’t stand when my stuff gets erased!
by kate
On May 5, 2011 at 9:46 am
Ok, so I thought you were in my reader and then i realized I hadn’t read anything by you in a million years and then I went to look at you WEREN’T IN MY READER.
ok…i have calmed down now.
Happy anniversary to you.
Cinco de mayo always makes me happy anyway, but now I am all happy for you
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 9:49 am
KLZ – Seriously. Don’t mess with my Modern Family or 30 Rock, yo.
p.s. and here I got all sentimental after you told everyone I was funny. DAMN.
p.s.s. I so can’t pull off the “yo” in a reply.
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 10:20 am
Kate – The same thing happened to me with you. I subscribed, then didn’t get anything for a while, then checked and there were NEW POSTS about which I’d not been notified.
After the outrage, I re-subscribed, but don’t know if it “took”. So now? I will just check you out periodically.
Which is fun in its own way
by Mad Woman behind the Blog
On May 5, 2011 at 10:21 am
There you go…pulling heart strings and putting smiles on faces. Girl, I love ya!
This has to be one of the best Anni posts I’ve ever read. Beautiful! But can I still get a sloppy drunk post too? Those are so fun!
Please note that I did NOT say anything about card playing skills or whatever else you might have been alluding to. AHEM!
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 10:23 am
Mad Woman – You already know me well, my friend. And yes – you will still get the sloppy posts from me, too.
In fact, I think I can muster up one for your blog as a guest while you’re in your post-gestational haze.
Can’t wait!
by gigi
On May 5, 2011 at 11:00 am
I could read your stuff all day long.
That part about surrender? So, so true! And not knowing what sacrifice or joy was? So, so true!
Guillermo has made you a very wise woman!
by Kelly K @ Dances with Chaos
On May 5, 2011 at 11:14 am
I have only recently learned asparagus could be delicious. I mean… it’s green and a vegetable. Who knew?
I love the story of how you met.
I also did the simultaneous house selling/moving and wedding planning. Thankfully, my mother was a huge help in the latter. Our schedule was something like.
Mid March – fly to Texas to buy a house.
Early April – put my house on market.
1st Saturday in May – Husband graduates.
2nd Sat in May – We get married.
4 days later – Honeymoon in Jamaica for a week to let brain recover
2 days after back from honeymoon (Friday)- Packers arrive.
Monday – Packers finish.
Tuesday – Movers take all. Unexpected issue happens.
Wed/Thurs – drive to TX with stressed out cat.
Fri – Close on new house, find movers waiting in driveway.
Next 3 months – unpacking.
Hmm.. I think I should blog on this, as it all happen 8 years ago..
Congratulations on so many wonderful years.
This was wonderful to read.
by Morgan B.
On May 5, 2011 at 11:24 am
I love this! It made me cry. I better not be pregnant.
by Deb @ San Diego Momma
On May 5, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Found you through Gigi on Twitter!
TODAY is my 10th wedding anniversary and I was so meant to read this right now.
La Cucaracha!
Wait. That’s not right.
by Ilana
On May 5, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Oh wow— I just love that line about your greatest successes and failures and loves growing outside of you. I am just learning these things and it is truly a brain shift.
What a wonderful date to have as the first day you met your husband.
Also? Skiing can be fabulous. But only if your hands are not frozen solid.
Happy Cinco!
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Gigi – Love you. So much. You are the best best best and I can’t thank you enough for all your support. Margaritas? On me. Any day of the year.
Kelly – Your wedding schedule? Exhausting. So you’re my new official Hero-of-Overachieving. Guillermo and I didn’t take a honeymoon. He got a new job so he left for training 24-hours after the wedding. But at least we didn’t move out. of state. You are brave, woman.
Deb – Yay. Welcome! And so glad to meet you. Love your site (who doesn’t smile at the sight of flip flops and toe-socks?) Happy 10-year to you. For real. And let me know how the chiropractor goes…
Illana – Yep, Mazzy has you in the thick of the brain shift. But so worth it, right? As is skiing. If you are well-layered. Snow and children and marriage. You’re never REALLY prepared, but it helps if you’ve at least tried…
by The Flying Chalupa
On May 5, 2011 at 2:51 pm
This was absolutely lovely. I always enjoy your posts so much. And the minutes dragging but the years flying? YES! Totally science.
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Thanks, Chalupa. And you know I LOVE your posts. I always feel a little smarter after I’ve read them. Even if I haven’t gotten through Vanity Fair.
You stretch my brain. In a good way.
Oh. And you make me laugh, too. Which is even better.
What with all those flying years…
No wonder we need margaritas.
by OttosMom
On May 5, 2011 at 3:31 pm
beautiful. happy anniversary (of a sort) i hope you are chin deep in celebratory margs, chips, and salsa by now! not that i doubt that this is, by now, a fact. and i just encourage it. xo
by OttosMom
On May 5, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Oh, I’m a fool. And guacamole! Obvi
by joann mannix
On May 5, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Oy! You’ve slaughtered my heart, lovely one. What a beautiful tribute to your family and unwittingly, what a beautiful tribute to you. Because a home isn’t a happy one, until a mother makes it so.
I can’t wait to come back full time into this blog world so I can read more lovely posts like this.
by PhaseThreeOfLife
On May 5, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Oh, so beautiful.
I hate when I get choked up at work.
by Christy H.
On May 5, 2011 at 4:20 pm
What I got out of that is…you fold underwear? What? Seriously?
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Lindsey/Ot’s Mom – Check, Check, Check. And also check. We thank you for your support
Joann – Miss you like crazy, lady. I can never get enough “laundry” but will be there when you get back from the hard stuff. Hope you are having a WONDERFUL and REWARDING time with the book. All good things to you. Always.
Meghan/Phase 3 – Thank you. Now you made me blush. Okay. Back to work… xo
Christy – Ummmm, yeah. Jack’s boxers are BIG. I can’t just stuff them in the drawer. Just you wait…ha!
by Nobody
On May 5, 2011 at 4:52 pm
oh, i love this post.
i also love hearing about how 2 people got together… your story is definitely one worth listening to, thanks for sharing. :0)
asparagus & lobster… nom.
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Nobody – Thanks so much! But too bad we’re not having asparagus & lobster tonight. Looks like burgers and hot dogs.
Because it’s just that kind of night.
by Kari Marie
On May 5, 2011 at 6:32 pm
I love hearing about your first meeting. Isn’t it great how life can do that to you? You think – no way I’m going on a blind date – and your awesome friend does it anyway. Wham! You find yourself in a future you never dreamed of, but is somehow better. Always an adventure (with Ruffles!).
I raise my (strawberry margarita) glass to you and Guillermo! A lucky man (and it sounds like you are a very lucky woman).
by Lois
On May 5, 2011 at 6:51 pm
Isn’t it just awesome to know and remember the day you met your spouse? (And I didn’t know you could call Citibank to extend your credit from. a. bar. Good information.)
by julie
On May 5, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Morgan – Just saw your comment now ~ At least, if you were pregnant, you’d remember when you first figured it out…ha! Thanks for coming and commenting – LOVE when the Hen House is here ~
Kari Marie – Thanks so much. And a toast right back to you, my friend. Happy Cinco de Mayo. I’m lucky to know YOU!
Lois – I learned that little tip in college. One of the many lessons I gleaned during those years at UCLA…(not sure they’ll still let you do it, but back in the 90′s, it was a lifesaver
)
by Lady Jennie
On May 5, 2011 at 11:03 pm
What a brilliant post! I love the first meeting and love the sentiments expressed about surrender. It’s a doozy, in’t it?
by julie
On May 6, 2011 at 7:55 am
A doozy and a half, Jennie. For sure.
Thanks for the kind words – especially since my blog wants to be your blog when it grows up.
(and I’m older than you. ha!)
by Jessica
On May 6, 2011 at 7:56 am
Cinco de Mayo is a special day for you. Great reason to celebrate with fishbowl sized margaritas. Life definitely changes once we get married.
by Amanda
On May 6, 2011 at 9:23 am
Oh. OH! This is so sweet. It just made me cry. Every day I think I know it all and every day I learn something new. This is just so beautiful and so well written. SO glad I found your blog (thanks KLZ)
by julie
On May 6, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Yes, Jessica. The Cadillac Margaritas (rocks no salt) were definitely in order.
I may or may not have had two.
(and three bowls of chips. to soak em up.)
by julie
On May 6, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Thanks, Amanda.
I tried to fit “dis b me way u at?” into the post, but it didn’t feel authentic…
I’m so glad we found each other!
by FranceRants
On May 6, 2011 at 1:14 pm
Nothing I drink makes Dave Matthews sound better….
Happy May 6th!!
by Cheryl @ Mommypants
On May 6, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Oh, my love…such truths you toss out here along with your espanol.
Also, we need to plan. Plan, I say!
by julie
On May 6, 2011 at 2:52 pm
France – Ha! Okay – that’s my laugh for the weekend – thanks much and may you never have to hear DMB again.
Cheryl – I KNOW! When can we play? I know I just HAD chips and guac and margaritas but there can never be too much of it. Or you ~
by Ally
On May 7, 2011 at 8:54 am
Loved your list! All I’m saying though, is that DMB sounds pretty awesome with a glass of water. Make it wine and I’m in heaven.
by Beth
On May 7, 2011 at 10:25 am
Wow, no longer will I involuntary convulse when I think of blind dates. You have given me a new visual to replace the hellish awkwardness that pops to mind each time I hear the words “blind date.”
Congrats on finding your happy hour prince!
by julie
On May 7, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Ally – I’d share a little wine and DMB with you any time! (Water, too, but the wine definitely sounds better ~)
Beth – The details of that night are fairly cringe-worthy, but it DID all work out in the long run…(perhaps someday I’ll blog about my behavior on the blind date. But these days, my mother’s proud of me, so….:-)
by Carolina Valdez Miller
On May 7, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Your posts make me so happy, and always touch a deep part of me. I love this. There’s so much we don’t know, so much FUTURE ahead of us.
by julie
On May 7, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Thank you Carol ~ what beautiful words. And so true.
Hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day!
by Nancy C
On May 7, 2011 at 5:20 pm
How hard surrender is. And also beautiful.
And, THAT, friend, in a nutshell, is marriage. I’m finally figuring that out. It’s grace and it’s also agony. But I wouldn’t do it any other way.
I love your list. I think we may be related.
by tracy@sellabitmum
On May 7, 2011 at 8:00 pm
We really need to play cards for money sometime.
Also, Dave Matthews never sounds good. No wine can make one song not sound like the other song. My cross to bear is that he is my husband’s favorite. ugh.
Happy meeting Anniversary.
xo
..also Happy Mother’s Day. xo
by julie
On May 8, 2011 at 9:19 am
Nancy – Yes, add that to the list of things we have in common…Hope your Mother’s Day is beautiful. A lot of moms to celebrate today. A lot of love all around…xo
Tracy – When you say no amount of wine makes DMB sound good, I kind of take it as a challenge. How much wine IS there? I’m willing to try…
Happy Mother’s Day to you, too, lady. You make me smile.
by Sherri
On May 8, 2011 at 11:45 am
I love this….how much we don’t know when we are those young, single gals!
And how much wonderfulness fills these years as we find out the answers to all those things.
Happy Anniversary, and Happy Mother’s Day!
by Galit Breen
On May 8, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Oh Julie- why are you so lovely?
Why is Dave Matthews so great? RF chops so yummy? And chips, guac and ‘ritas so very necessary for celebrations?
I loved what you wrote. Your family is lucky. Much love and feliz to y’all!
XO
by Theresa Sonoda
On May 8, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Well I absolutely love this side of you. Thank you for sharing, Julie. It was lovely and it made me feel so good today. And why? Because it’s Mom’s Day and my sons are in Boise and Orlando and I’m missing them. I was sad until I read your post, and now? Instead of sad, I’m happy for all I have, especially their love, even far away.
Thanks for that. You Rock.
by Mrs. Tuna
On May 8, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Asparagus and lobster? The best said the woman who writes a cooking blog.
by julie
On May 8, 2011 at 7:28 pm
Galit – You are just beautiful. Inside and out. And your writing? Beyond all. Thanks so much for the kind words. Much love to you on Mother’s Day!
by liz
On May 9, 2011 at 9:51 am
You mentioning “Cisco” reminds me of The Thong Song.
Thanks for putting that into my head.
Happy 17!
by julie
On May 9, 2011 at 10:14 am
Sherri – Thanks so much for the wishes and for reminding me that I’m not the ONLY one who had a thing or two to learn about life…I hope you had a beautiful Mother’s Day, my friend. You are so lovely.
Terri – So glad I could shift your perspective a little. You have to know how wonderful it is to have raised independent, happy children. The best gift we could have on Mother’s Day…but still hard to be so far away. Hugs to you, friend. Always.
Mrs. Tuna – I would love to eat ANYTHING you ever cooked. I love your recipes but fear I’d ruin them. Meals more complicated than Cheerios are a crap shoot around here…
Liz – The Thong Song? Oh no. PLEASE forgive me. Someday? I’ll play you in Scrabble or WWF when I finally get a smart phone…And I won’t use RAJ or CUID. Promise.
by Shell
On May 9, 2011 at 4:59 pm
What an adorable way to meet!
17 years ago- oh, how I thought I knew it all!
by julie
On May 9, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Shell – Come to think of it, I was under the impression I knew it all, too. Oh, how wrong I was.
I’ve still barely scratched the surface of intelligence. But I am more aware of my ignorance now…
by Renee Schuls Jacobson
On May 10, 2011 at 5:46 am
Julie:
This is so beautiful. I love the morphing that you have done. All those discoveries. You are so cool.
I hope one day to all of these things.
Like the surrender stuff.
Right now I’m at potato chips and hand-warmers.
You are clearly more evolved than I am.
by julie
On May 10, 2011 at 7:41 am
Rebecca – If you’ve gotten to potato chips and hand warmers, I’d argue you’ve hit the two most important lessons on the list.
But that’s just me…
by julie
On May 10, 2011 at 7:43 am
And I just typed your name as Rebecca, inexplicably, so my next lesson is to NOT check your blog comments before two cups of coffee.
Seriously?
What the hell was that?
I DO have a friend Rebecca. But you are my friend Renee.
(and I don’t think REBECCA eats potato chips…if you get my drift…)
by Di
On May 10, 2011 at 9:28 am
Although I was a bit preoccupied when you posted, I’m back now and want to wish you a happy anniversary…I was there at the start and continue to be there as the years fly by!
by julie
On May 10, 2011 at 11:24 am
Thanks, Di –
Can’t wait to celebrate your achievement with you later!
Congrats, Ironman!!! xoxo
by Paige Morgan
On May 10, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Beautiful. Happy Anniversary! I speak-o no Spanish-o Wait, no hable espanol – I saw it on a billboard! (And more than likley misspelled it). I am even worse at math, scary, huh?
Have you ever written anything I haven’t loved? Nope. Even on the days I don’t tell you – you’re amazing, keep writing, always.
by julie
On May 10, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Oh Paige – You have no idea how much I needed to read those words right now!
I appreciate your support more than you know -
And I challenge you to a “Who’s Worse at Math” competition.
(even thought that REALLY makes me sound like a loser.)
So, okay. Let’s just go back to thank you.
Very much.
by Pop
On May 12, 2011 at 9:57 am
That was lovely. And this is all the more reason to order around of Margaritas no?
by julie
On May 12, 2011 at 10:09 am
Thanks, Pop. Margaritas go great with Chipotle (just no yoga after
)
by CDG
On May 16, 2011 at 8:06 am
Julie, why did I not know you six years ago when we decided to buy a house three months before our wedding? WHY???
Of course, I didn’t see the whole getting laid off, going back to a former job things happening then, either… but it ended up being a good thing.
It did.
Happy Cinco de Mayo, a bit late!
by julie
On May 17, 2011 at 11:28 am
CDG – You could never be late here. I love to see you anytime. And it’s funny how things that seem TERRIBLE can end up working out.
Especially if there are margaritas involved…
XO
by Alexandra
On May 19, 2011 at 3:27 pm
I love this post.
Truly, truly just a pleasure to my senses.
Stranger still: It’s our 17th wedding anniv, this May, also. And we celebrated our 1st wedding anniv, with a babe in arms, too. The next one came 2 years later.
by Julie
On May 19, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Oh Alexandra – I had no idea we had that in common…Quite the roller coaster of love, right?
But worth the ride. All these years.
Thank you, lovely friend.
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