DAD, the things I’d like to tell you...
May 13, 2020
4 minutes
I’ve celebrated my silver wedding anniversary
Remember my wedding day when we stood together outside home affairs before the ceremony? It was a boiling summer day and we were both clammy from nerves and the heat. You asked me if I was OK, and I waited for the father/daughter Big Speech. It didn’t come; you’d always been a man who struggled to expose his heart. But as I took your arm and walked towards my new life – I saw your eyes were shiny with emotion, and it was enough.
You and Mom were married for 58 years. Most people would consider that
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