hey there
it seems that cheery yellowy vibe lifted soo many spirits! i am happy about that. i really believe that people just want to be happy, be loved and to give love back. this is why i love what i do so much, because i love being a part of the process of love. love makes the world go round. old cliche i know, but its so true.
i don’t have any beautiful photos or exciting tips to share with you today, but i just feel compelled to share with you. hoping this will nourish your soul as it has mine.
so, there is this list of very personal questions circulating in my family in an effort to capture and document the spirit of each of us. anyway, we started to ask my grandmother some of these questions last night.
my grandmother was married to my grandfather for 65 years and was with him for 7 years before that. she has three children, five grandchildren and five great grand children. she has the most vivacious spirit of anyone i know. she worked way beyond her retirement years and studied well into MY school years. she is successful and independent. she is fashionable and always dressed to pussbackfoot 
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so, one of the questions was “what is your happiest memory?”. she quickly answered that it was when she saw my grandfather standing at her gate, before she had actually ever met him. she had seen him before and liked him. she ran to her sister and said “the boy with the “beauty spot” is outside!”
now, my grandparents have always shown love for each other – watching their favorite shows, holding hands and all. but they do come from “that” generation. where most marriages seem to last. and as people of younger generations like to say, its because back then, women didn’t have much of a choice, they were more submissive, they didn’t have their own mind. i don’t know why those marriages last, while why half of us today struggle to keep it together.
but what i know is that my grandmother has experienced many things in her life that have given her tremendous joy. she has brought children into this world, and seen them have their own children and their children have children. she has seen her children and their offspring achieve success after success. she has been recognized throughout her life for being exceptional and doing exceptional things. but still, her happiest moment in life, after all that, and plenty decades later, was the moment she knew she would get the chance to meet the boy who made her heart flutter.
there IS someting such as happily ever after. even if sometimes we have to fight for it.
my grandparents would have been married for 66 years this coming tuesday. my 6th anniversary is this sunday. i like to think, that some of my grandparents’ happily-ever-after rubbed off on me since i got married almost exactly 60 years after they did.
happy anniversary grandma & pa. happy anniversary baby.
if you already have your happily ever after, then i am happier for you than you can imagine. if not, i am happier still. because you are about to have your happiest moment too. its there. its real. and it is for you.
so today i end not with “cheers” but with
love
sarah • elizabeth
Beautiful! As I said it’s the little things, the simple things, the things that will always matter the most, now and 66 years from now
Love,
Sares
Jul 25, 2009 @ 9:23 pm
Kerry
AP awesome. This is a gentle reminder that what we hope for is so attainable thank you for this beautiful post and for reminding me that I have found my happily ever after. Happy Anniversary you and ur hubby are an inspiration!
one love Kerry
Jul 25, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
Shelly
Simply put, simply beautiful…Aiesha great stuff!!
Jul 25, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
anishka
Thanks for sharing!
Jul 26, 2009 @ 4:41 am
Kathy
So wonderfully written..and since I also believe in “Happily Ever After”, even when the times and tales tell us not to and try to make us cynical..I Thank You…
Here’s to your “happily ever after” that I am blessed to witness and share in…and here’s to the “happily ever after” for me that we WILL plan and enjoy in the future…LOL
CHEERS!
Love ya!
Jul 27, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
pussbackfoot
i am so happy have been able to share with you. thanks so much for taking the time to read and also to share. love.
Jul 27, 2009 @ 11:02 pm
Alysa
Happy belated anniversary Aiesha and Sandor!!!
I pray that you too will one day be able to share with your great grandchildren the story of your happily ever after love
(and me too)
Jul 31, 2009 @ 1:55 am
Alysa
I read somewhere that in today’s ‘generation’ we want things instantly, and we don’t seem to have the patience or time to wait and work on our relationships – we want the happily ever after, but we want it now. Is there some truth to that?
Jul 31, 2009 @ 3:15 am
pussbackfoot
i definitely think so. we don’t want to work for it. and we tend to look at what other people have and think that they are just lucky, when, in fact, there is a lot of sacrifice and commitment behind all the smiles. i think its true for relationships and for work/career too.
thanks for reading and sharing, alysa!
Aug 11, 2009 @ 9:32 am
Donna
It is true that the commitment and flourishing within marriages seems to have somewhat lost its ‘cement’ with the generations that have come after…what is beautiful however is that I come across more and more ‘younger’ souls, with a willingness and passion to embrace what was and make it ‘what is’… In my 11th year of marriage, still holding hands and embracing with the affection of a fledgling relationship – I feel so blessed – as are you…Congratulations on your recent milestone and blessings for the many more years of togetherness to come.
Aug 12, 2009 @ 11:33 am