May 31, 1958......bet you didn't know you'd be getting an ancient history lesson this past week and weekend, did you? I am very grateful for your good wishes, and thoughts about anniversaries of things past. I don't celebrate them as I might have. Things have changed. But, sometimes the Universe just stacks that ole deck, and you play with the cards you are dealt. It's not that I haven't moved past wedding anniversaries. I have. Being divorced was NOT my idea, but it's a hand that was dealt me, and I played it. This time of year, however, I wish I could just step "across"this date, rather than have to walk through. When I married on May 30, 1959, I was 18.5 yrs old. I had graduated on May 31st, the year before. And was 17 until October. I had begun college, I met him and the rest is just part of my scrapbag of memories . Say what you will, I believe time and space both anchor and subdue us, on this planet. We may rise to the stars, but we are earth bound creatures. The heavens and galaxy were NOT made for us. My head may have been in the stars, but my feet were firmly rooted in the earth, whether I liked it or not. In my opinion it's a tug of war that follows us through life, even when we become accceptant of it's reality. Over the past 10-12 yrs, I've become very ok with the place I am in my journey. I have challenges, but no struggles. I'm OK. It doesn't just happen, you have to work to get there, and I did. And a priceless reward is having a daughter who knows. Who has watched me "make it". And who loves me enough to take a day off from work, the Tuesday after Memorial day, and on the 30th to boot, and invite me for both the day, and a sleep over. And when I told her "I know what you are doing, and it's not necessary", replied, "oh, that?, I had completely forgotten about it being the 30th". This kid NEVER forgets ANYTHING....*VBS* Do you doubt my blessings????? Don't.