Two Years

Ernie and I just realized that our anniversary is coming up this weekend.  It will be year something or other.  O.k., actually it will be year 22.  At least I think that's right.  We were married in 1988 so it's got to be be 22 years, right?  But that means that it's only been two years since Ernie's cancer returned and we decided to focus on the present and celebrate our anniversary with Kane Welch Kaplin in our house.  Only two years since we found out that Judi's cancer had returned from its very brief remission and that she would only have months to live.  Two years since my mother, although mourning my father's recent death from Alzheimer's, was still alive and living o.k. on her own.  Two years since the seeming death of a long term friendship.  Two years.  How can that possibly be?  It seems as though it must be MUCH longer....

I was so amazed that I had to dig through photos and check the dates and sure enough....it's only been two years.  Afreakingmazing.  Two years.  I've been shaking my head all day.

Huh.

the last of the summer zinnias and cosmos....