Ten years is a very long time...
Ten years ago, a friend of mine asked if she could bring a friend of hers to the amusement park. I said sure. I wore my flowered dress and a tie-dyed lab coat; basically my default attire in those days. She brought herself, and she brought her friend.
Enter Chris.
There's no sign that lights up and says "this person will be important to your life and essential to your sanity; hold to them, love them, care for them, and understand that your world is better for including them." Sometimes I think there ought to be. But since there's not, it was just a pleasant day with pleasant people, and I walked away from it with a new friend.
Since then, Chris has been my comfort and my confidant, my sanity-check and my occasional savior, and one of my best friends and favorite people on the planet. I would be lost without him.
Hey, darlin'? Happy anniversary.
Enter Chris.
There's no sign that lights up and says "this person will be important to your life and essential to your sanity; hold to them, love them, care for them, and understand that your world is better for including them." Sometimes I think there ought to be. But since there's not, it was just a pleasant day with pleasant people, and I walked away from it with a new friend.
Since then, Chris has been my comfort and my confidant, my sanity-check and my occasional savior, and one of my best friends and favorite people on the planet. I would be lost without him.
Hey, darlin'? Happy anniversary.