Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Maurice's Boy Friend Is Back. So Is My Sweetheart


 I made a quick run to Publix this morning to get a few things I couldn't get at Costco yesterday. While I was rushing through the store I felt a little giddy- my man is coming home! What would he like to eat? 
We had talked already this morning on the phone. He called to let me know that he was in Bainbridge, Georgia (I got married there once!) and would be home pretty soon. He told me that he would gladly take me out for our anniversary but I told him that no, I wanted very much to make him a supper. 

When I came home and unloaded everything, I went to the garage where the frozen fish is and chose a nice piece of red grouper to thaw. I knew he had not had any fish while he was gone up North where the lady on the tractor was making his meals. And then I searched the NYT's cooking app for a recipe for some dessert that included chocolate and coconut and ended up deciding on a Chocolate Coconut Pecan tart and that is in the oven now. 
I have no tart pan so it's going to be more pie-like, I think. I hope it will be very good. 

He got home in the early afternoon and it was so sweet. We just clung to each other. We chattered and I helped him unload his car. The laundry room is full of camo-wear and the bed in the guest room is covered in things he needs to put away. Maurice was as glad to see him as I was, I think. She has missed him so. Every time she crosses paths with me she has looked at me like, "Why aren't you the one who left? You are no good to me. You do not bring me joy."
At least, that is how I translate her looks. 
But when I went outside to collect the laundry I'd done earlier off the line she did follow me, or at least appeared out of nowhere, as she always does when I'm doing anything outside. In these situations she always seems to be saying, "Oh, hey. Didn't know you were here. I was just passing by. Don't worry. I'm not looking at you. Just going to lay here and doze for a minute. Carry on." 
I am a master at cat communication. 

And now the man is back in his chair, resting up after his adventure. We have had a lovely afternoon. Martini glasses are in the freezer, the fish is thawed, the salad greens are picked, the tart-pie is about ready to come out of the oven. I am afraid that it is going to be too decadent to eat. A dish that small should not contain two sticks of butter and yet, this one does. As Truvie says in Steel Magnolias after giving her recipe for peach cobbler, "And I put ice cream on it to cut the sweet." 
I should have gotten some ice cream. Or made some. 



And so here we are, wed thirty-eight years ago today. On that day we went to a park in Tallahassee with as many friends and relatives as we could inform about the wedding in the four days in which we planned it. He rented a suit and wore new Nikes. I wore a Gunne-Sax dress of white dotted Swiss. A woman lawyer friend of Glen's married us under some beautiful huge oak trees and Bill Wharton showed up and played Cadillac of a Woman. 
My nursing school girls had figured out flowers and cake. 
It was perfect. 
The kind of perfect our marriage has been which is to say- Full of so much hope and imperfection and beauty and homemade effort and love and joy and a good dash of oh my god what are we doing? 

It's worked out quite well. And now I am going to go cook some fish he caught and kiss him again and again. 

Love...Ms. Moon

34 comments:

  1. Happy Anniversary to you and Mr Moon! so glad he is safely and happily home.... with a lovely dinner and dessert AND Martini to look forward to......as well and hugs and kisses ......and ... cat love too! Your Anniversary happens to coincide with my BD......today, which I would just as soon *skip*. Crap. 70? Really? But.....we cannot avoid another trip around the sun, we just deal.....and celebrate however we do! Sleep well with your man next to you!
    Susan M

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    1. Happy birthday, lady! I'm right behind you age-wise. We both slept very well.

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  2. How lovely. All of it. And this is where the camera drifts away, gauzy curtains blowing, heavenly music, fadeout..

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  3. What a great scene. Tell me, was Jack too haughty to get off the bed, leave the dolls, and say welcome home to Mr. Moon? Doesn't have to kiss him, but a little leg wrap would be nice.

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    1. Jack did not get off the bed but when Glen came into the bedroom to put things away, he did get up off his pillow and walk over to let Glen give him a scratch. And last night when we went to bed, he seemed to be quite happy to have both humans in bed.

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  4. Happy anniversary you gorgeous love birds and welcome home Mr Moon. What a perfect way to celebrate the day. Your excitement is tangible.

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    1. I was really pretty giddy yesterday. I've calmed down today. Haha!

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  5. Happy Anniversary to you and Glen! I hope you can have another 38 years together!
    That pie/tart looks lethal ... I hope you survive it! LOL

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    1. Gawd. We'd both have to live to be a hundred and six. I seriously doubt that's going to happen!
      So far we have indeed survived the dessert.

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  6. Happy anniversary. I hope you dance the night away. Well. Part of it anyway.

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  7. Happy anniversary! Your joy brings a big smile to my face! Many more Happy years!
    Xoxo
    Barbara

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  8. Happy anniversary! You were married the same year my oldest was born. Hope you had a lovely evening and let me know how that tart turned out because it sounds delicious.

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    1. And I already had two children when we got married. And then came two more...we got busy real fast.

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  9. Happiest of happy marriage anniversary to you Dear Moon's! That dinner sounds divine and the pie looks best eaten in slivers. x0x0 N2

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    1. The dinner was SO good. And slivers were eaten.

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  10. Happy Anniversary to the Moons!

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  11. Happy, happy anniversary you two!

    Chris from Boise

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  12. Too decadent? Absolutely not. Unless you add mounds of whipped cream, then it might be. It looks delicious. I can feel your happiness and have a huge smile on my own face. I'm glad Glen made it safely home.

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    1. No whipped cream. I am so glad that the man made it home safely too.

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  13. Happy anniversary to you both! I just love (and envy) your relationship with your husband!

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  14. Happy anniversary! So glad your man is home safe. That pie (tart, whatever) DOES look decadent.

    I think cats give EVERYONE the "you do not bring me joy" look.

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    1. You're right about cats!
      It's such a good feeling when Glen gets home, safe and happy.

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  15. Happy Anniversary to the Moon's! Hubby and I are a year behind you, but I'm still amazed that I get butterflies when he walks into a room. I'm not a sappy broad, but we got some good ones, didn't we???

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  16. Although i'm a bit late, i do want to wish you many happy returns of your anniversary!

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  17. 37paddington:
    I love your wedding story. That day and this one sound divine. Happy anniversary lovely Moons! You each found your person, what a magnificent gift. It’s wonderful to witness how you cherish each other, too, with love so giddy and new.

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