The Unexpected Moment
This morning, I found an old Floyd Cramer CD that I have had for years. I had not heard the CD in years but remembered how well Clyde and I loved his music when we dating and married back in the 60's. I was busy packing Christmas angels for storage and the melodious sounds of his masterful piano began to spill into our living room. I am not one to cry very often but I felt this music beginning to squeeze out the tears and it progressively became a sob. It triggered memories of our young love and how young love is fresh and exciting with so many plans for the future. I began to think as I sat down on the sofa, sobbing alone, hoping he would hear me from another room, how our love has so much more depth and meaning now after 51 years of marriage, four children, and ten grandchildren later. It didn't help any that today is my birthday and I realize in three more years I will enter yet another decade of my life and how swiftly the years are flying and how precious each d