**Note: I actually wrote this post yesterday, but have added to it this morning. When I re-read the first paragraph an hour ago, I thought how odd it was that I had chosen the saying about shared joy and sorrow. We had an epic rain here last night, and this morning when leaving for work, Hal discovered that our basement is flooding. Yes, it's still flooding. There is what looks like a small crack in the floor, and water is bubbling up through that like a small spring. The ground in our area has been saturated for weeks, and the weather service is calling for more rain and flooding here tonight. I'm really afraid to think what sort of damage this will lead to. $$$$ We may not get to the beach after all -- life will go on.
When we say, "I Do" in that wedding ceremony, it's a real commitment and also a leap of faith, isn't it? After all, we none of us really know what's ahead of us. Today, Mr. Forest Manor and I are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary, and I am so very grateful for all that entails. "A shared joy is a double joy; a shared sorrow is half the sorrow." For me, that saying really goes to the heart of our years together, I believe. We've laughed together, cried together, and so often find we're thinking the same thing at the same moment -- like minds, don't you know. ;)
May 23, 1987
