Our Time

Yesterday was kind of a beginning of a new era for us my love. We have both of the girls off at college. While that was sad, it is hard to not feel really proud of both of them and ourselves for raising two amazing young ladies. They will both be very successful, very happy and we will all remain very close as a family. So officially I am claiming that the proud part has officially taken over the sad part.

Now it is left to just you and me. It's funny but I have that shrilling sound of Monica from the TV show Friends going off in my head when she realized it was going to be just her and Chandler - "I have to live with a boy!". Well, my love, I am your boy. From my end, I couldn't be happier.

Sunday will count as the "let it go day". A day of drowning our sorrows and at the same time enjoying a baseball game and each others company. It was fun, but I knew that most of the day your mind was elsewhere. I heard rumors of you texting all day long. That is ok. I know your will need some time to adjust to your new world as well.

Yesterday was the day. A start of sorts. Just you and I together. It couldn't have been better. I was reminded that we are best friends. That we really are that close. That any time we spend together is time well spent. We did normal things all day, and frankly it was a wonderful day.

I had a really proud moment this weekend. I was on the phone with our nephew. We were talking about this empty nest concept. His direct quote was, "yeah I think a lot of couples don't know how to respond to that, but not you guys. You are really close and really happy. I'm not worried about you guys at all". Coming from a guy who isn't prone to dole out compliments, I took that as praise in the highest order. The best part is that he is completely correct. We are "that close", we are best friends and we are the most important thing to each other. It is a formula for our success. Has been for over 20 years.

We have about 2 more weeks of "change" to deal with before we move. Then things will be really different. It will e some new turmoil, new stress, new tears and lots of change. But we will be more than just "fine" through it all. We will thrive. Because we are the world's greatest love story. We are the happy ending at the end of silly chick flick. We are the old couple walking off into the sunset at the end of a classic novel. More simply - we are perfect for each other.

So now we enter the next chapter of our lives. Another chapter of the best book ever written. I can't wait to turn a new page everyday.

You're the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.