Reflecting on Thirty Years
“A great relationship is about two things: First, appreciating the similarities and second, respecting the differences.” ~ Invajy
Thirty years…How did that happen? We now look back on a shared road that has taken us on so many different paths. Many couples probably survive hardships greater than the ones we faced. Many may have enjoyed much less stressful happenings in their time spent together. However, I’m confident that none of them have traveled a road remotely similar to ours.
Our backgrounds were quite different. I was from Southern Oklahoma. He was from Iowa. We both had followed very different paths to Southern California. I graduated college and married a lively girl from the coast. She and I met while we were both working in Sequoia National Park for the Concessions Service called “GSI”.
He came to California after college to enjoy the Southern California weather and began working as a florist. He then worked in the studios with an events company that produced corporate parties and film studio functions.
We met as my marriage ended and he had left a dead-end seven-year relationship. I am sure why we became attracted to one another is still a mystery to most people. I fell in love with him the first time we ever talked. We had a short parking lot conversation at the beach. We were both leaving, and I had just…
