Anniversaries

The air is filled with promises I can't explain.

I feel it all around me -- a shimmering, a lifting of the veil, a glancing that carries me away.

I am in love with life and it brings me gifts I don't dare try to hold on to.

Forty six years ago today I thought I was marrying the love of my life. That world ended sixteen years ago and I thought nothing would ever be the same.

I was right.

Who could imagine this?