Our Tale

I know you're out there, and I cannot wait to find you...

I can see it all so clearly.
It's picture perfect.
A romance more powerful than fairy tales. A love that outsiders envy. A love story that is passed on to grandchildren.
Timeless. Passionate. Simple.
However, not perfect.

The 'ups' are sky high and dreamy.
And we only get through the 'lows' squeezing each others' hand so-so tightly. One set of fingers interlaced, and the other set crossed.
We will make one anther's' dreams come true.
We will have rough days.
We'll fight so hard that we can't stand to look at each other.
...Eventually we'll come out the other side in hysterics about how stubborn we've been.

There will be days so magical- we'd wish they'd never end.
I'll stare at you on a wedding day, and you'll swear you'd never seen anything as pretty as I.
My belly will get round with a baby. I'll get cranky when my feet swell-
and you'll rub them while we conjure up the perfect name.

You'll bring home my favorite flowers, and I'll be making your favorite for dinner.
We'll sing our favorite songs with wooden spoons and spatulas as microphones.
Dance til our feet hurt. Sing til our throats are itchy. Laugh til our sides hurt.
We'll get wild stares from our kids about how ridiculous we are.
And they wont be able to resist joining in our silly games.

We'll go to all of the baseball games.
You'll be so proud- they remembered how you taught them to bat.
We'll listen to the plunking of a piano- trying to get the chords straight.
And I'll swear we have a concert pianist.
We'll stay up and worry when our daughter goes on her first date.
And remember ours. You'll swear you'd never seen anyone as beautiful.

The time will pass- almost too quickly.
In no time, we'll be celebrating 50 years of our love story.
We'll recollect all the highs and lows, and the in betweens.
The magic, and the curses.
We'll be so incandescently in love. More so than when we started out.
It will all have been worth it.
Dirty diapers.
Promotions.
Teaching a child to ride a bike.
Dance lessons.
Football Championships.
Camping trips.
Giving a daughter away to her 'prince charming'.
More dirty diapers... (grandchildren)
Retirement.
Dancing in the kitchen...

We'll still hold our knobby hands together, as we shuffle down the street.
We'll not leave the others' side when one is sick.
We'll always fight over the most nonsensical things, but we'll definitely know the outcome.
And you will still swear you've never seen anyone as breath taking as me.
It will be better than any fairy tale, because it will be our tale.