Make your fiftieth anniversary memorable.
We needed little help meeting that assignment. Our terrific B&B of choice lacked sufficient heating reserves to counter the bitter cold pounding its harsh winds against our room’s exterior wall.
The host responded promptly to our Midnight SOS, and transferred us to a cozier room. A while later the breakfast table found us – if a bit bleary-eyed – happily at our post.
With the aid of Facebook I succeeded surprising my bride with a little ballad I’d earlier composed. The lyrics here offer an unabridged version. Honoring my Forever-love, Ann Barnes Lout. . . I understand better now why they call it Golden.
~December 30, 1967~
I saw you then I see you now
I see you now, your movements slower
See you now, a bit more seasoned
And we smile to one another
As we chuckle at the reason. . . you were younger then, a little younger then
You look my way and there’s a senior
A little shuffle in his movements
You see his hair has gotten thinner
And you doubt there’ll be improvements. . . I was younger then, a little younger then
I saw you in your bridal garment
Saw you taking steps toward me
Couldn’t keep my eyes from watchin
You’re the only one I could see
And we met there at the altar and we pledged our lives together
our affection our devotion, all the way until forever
Our love was brand new then, brand new then
I saw you when our love first flowered
In those days that we ran faster
Laughing, runnin ‘long beside me
Chasing dreams we dreamed to master
We were children then, a lot like children then
I see us move toward a sunrise’
where an east horizon beckons’
See us trek across an ocean
where we hope to find a welcome
And the years they go on movin
with our numbers yet increasin’
as our family keeps a growin’
into yet another season
Seasoned now, yes we’re seasoned now
I see you radiant and lovely
More attractive now than ever
See you sharing gems of counsel,
younger women come to treasure
You look my way and there’s a senior,
a little shuffle in his movement
You see his hair has gotten thinner
and you doubt there’ll be improvement
I see you out there in the garden
See you touch a pretty flower
And I ponder how this woman
grows more lovely by the hour
And we met there at the altar and we pledged our lives together
our affection and devotion, all the way until forever
We would hold to one other, our devotion not forsaking
As we sealed our marriage union in these vows that we were making
I saw you then, I see you now
I loved you then, I love you now . . . I love you now
©2018 Jerry Lout ‘I Saw you then, I See you now’ http://bit.ly/2DklGQJ