Memories are Forever

So I was thinking this morning, Wow we have had some great times. Sometimes I have to think back to a different time and remember fondly some of our memories together as a couple.

There are to many to mention now. There are things we did that just happened, like the Sprite soda incident before we were married.

Marye thought maybe she would discourage me by pouring Sprite on my head. But it didn’t deter me.

I eventually got a date with her. A mercy date , but that was a night to remember too. The Marine Corps Ball for MCAD DLI-FLC 1979. That was our first date. We had a great time. there was the pomp and ceremony, with me on cake detail. I was one of the last of the Marines in the ceremony that passed out after overheating in our dress blue uniforms and keeling over.  This was due to a long winded guest of honor’s speech… went probably 40-45 minutes longer than it was supposed to. We had been left at the position of attention. That portion of the ceremony was supposed to last only 12 -15minutes. That’s a story in itself. I think at least nine men on the detail literally fell out.

Our first date finally ended in the barracks stairwell with a goodnight kiss at about 2 or 3 am.

Our wedding of course, at Lover’s Point Park in Pacific Grove , Ca. and the reception in the upper room of one of the Marines favorite hangouts on Steinbeck’s Cannery Row , a restaurant named “Kalisa’s”. The only reception I’ve been at with belly dancers. Those memories help me remember how I loved Marye then and how much that love has grown over the years.

There were also great times when my in-laws watched the kids so we could get away. The weekend we went to check out the art gallery to display Marye’s oil paintings was awesome.  It turned into a rainy romantic Sunday afternoon on the Mandalay Canal, cuddling under a bridge to get out from the rain, after we perused the shops and galleries.

There was also the weekend getaway I found out about when I got home one Friday after work. I had the weekend off and Marye had our bags packed for a weekend at the historic and beautiful Aristocrat Hotel in downtown Dallas. Marye won a Hula Hoop contest that Friday night in a club at the West End Entertainment District of Dallas.

Just thinking of these and other memories can make you want to rekindle some of those feelings and make some new memories as well. Whether you are going through great times or low times in your marriage making these kinds of memories can strengthen your relationship. It can sometimes be a sacrifice, whether it is financially or in time but it will pay off in the end.

We need to have one of those getaways soon kid. Don’t you agree?

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