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 . she has travelled the world and loves to tell you about her many trips. she has much to boast about, but doesn’t.

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