33 years.
That’s nearly half my life.
On July 16, 1983 at 12:30 P.M., Rob and I stood in my parent’s living room and were married by an Episcopalian minister. I think that was his denomination, but regardless, he was a well-intentioned man, my compromise with my mother to have some religious figure marry us.
My sister was my maid of honor, and I think Rob’s best guy was her husband. There were maybe 30 people in the living room, including Rob’s parents, sister, nephew, and a few friends. At the party afterward, at a country club where my parents belonged, there were several times that.
I remember feeling awkward at that party, where a lot of my parents’ friends, people I didn’t really know, congratulated us. I was eager to get moving on the honeymoon part of the whole thing, where we were going to Ecuador and Chile for six weeks, an adventure that spoke to some deeper part of me, of him, of us.
We made that trip on Ladeco Airlines, a new airline with an unbelievable deal –$250 per person round trip, I think it was, their celebratory intro to the airline world. Ladeco went under years ago, but their service was first class. Synchronicity was our companion on that trip. We happened to sit next to a Chilean woman and when I asked her where in Chile we would find myths, lore, mystery, she said, “Chiloe. That island is incredible.” Ghost ships, she said. Mermaids.
It sounded like our kind of place.
What I didn’t realize then is the way the texture of certain events at pivotal moments in our lives continue to impact us long afterward. The strange mysteries Rob and I experienced during those six weeks of our honeymoon have been with us ever since. They have helped to define our passions – what we write about, research, explore, the very nature of our creative thrusts in this lifetime.
When Megan joined our little clan six years later, in 1989, we didn’t understand how she would expand our passions and our creativity with her own perceptions. We’re seeing it now in her artistic pursuits.
So, once again, I am left with a big fat question: Who orchestrates this stuff?
Happy 33rd, Rob, and may we continue to delve into and write about the real mysteries!
Well done! Interesting to read your wedding story, perhaps we orchestrate it all ourselves with what we give out. Hope you have many more years of happy moments.
Robb,
Trish,
Do you know the difference between the number 8 and the number 33? This is not trick question. Think symbolism not numerical differences….
Be well, congratulations on staying alive, staying together,
Laurence
Thanks, Laurence! Hope all is well with you.
Congratulations! Enjoy every moment.
As to who orchestrates, I think we do. I think we’re avatars creating wonderful and tragic scenarios in order to experience life. Groups of us creating on a grand scale, all connected in invisible ways, weaving a tapestry.
Happy Anniversary!
Did you see Mermaids?
My most sincere congratulations for 33 wonderful years. And you were definitely sent on a spiritual path on your honeymoon! Love it all, Trish. 🙂
Congrats…ah 33,,, birthday,,,, football game,, specific teams,, specific score… foretelling I guess,,,,
My most sincere congratulations on this wonderful milestone in your lives. Your devotion is a testament to true love in a world where most marriages don’t last THREE years, let alone 33! A lifetime of joyful and happy memories are priceless. You literally can’t put a value on true love – the ultimate treasure in the universe. May both of you enjoy the blessings of MANY more wonderful years together, soulmates in synchronicity exploring the deepest mysteries of existence. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride!
All the best! 🙂
– Dale
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to a wonderful couple! May you share many, many more such
joyful years together! Your question about who orchestrates these things….don’t you imagine our Souls, prior to incarnating, determine the folks with whom we will journey through the upcoming life? That is my personal conviction. Whether it is so…well, it has always seemed that way to me. In any event, aren’t we thrilled and delighted when our hearts find true happiness? ENJOY THIS DAY, you two! 🙂