Today is my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary
Sixty years ago
they made a commitment
that would one day
bring me into
this world
Sixty years ago
(and six months)
they met on a blind date
and grandpa showed up late
and grandma wasn't impressed
"I don't like to be kept waiting," she said
he almost said, "To hell with it," and walked away
almost
he admits, in his version of the story
but he didn't
and to this day
I'm haunted by the decision he made
to stay
because little did he know at that time
that sixty years ago (and six months)
when he said yes to my grandma
he also said yes to me
Gramma & Grampa, shortly after their first date
(at Grampa's convocation from engineering school)
photo taken on Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg, MB)
May 26, 1961
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