Sweet 16

Today marks the 16th anniversary of me and Rex's first date. He brought me flowers today, 5 yellow roses for each year we dated and now 11 pink roses for each year of marriage. It is a tradition we have. Even though it is not really a surprise, I get this happy feeling deep inside every year when the roses show up and for a minute I feel like the girl I was when this tradition began.
The flowers don't always come on the same day each year and the bouquet is never arranged the same way. But the flowers always come. I like the symbolism there. My husband is not the same as he was 16 years ago. I am definitely not the same. But we are still always there for each other. It is comforting.
Today has been a day of reflecting and reminiscing for me. And we were lucky enough to get to "go out" together for supper while Grandma watched Trey. We talked about when we first noticed each other, our first date, our first kiss.....
I enjoy thinking back on these things and Rex is nice enough to humor me and play along in the "do you remember" game.
It is hard to believe that we have been together for 16 years. That is actually half of my life! Things are much different now than they were then but I still feel the same on the inside about him. He can make my heart flip flop a little when he looks at me a certain way. I still find myself day dreaming about kissing him. Then when I do kiss him I still get all warm and fuzzy inside.
Rex and I have been through wonderful things together and some really horrible things. But I am ready for another 16 years and then another and then another.
My hope is that when I am old and wrinkled, Rex will brush my white hair (that will no doubt still be frizzy) away from my face and he'll give me that look that makes my heart flip and flop (but not stop). Then he'll give me a kiss and I'll get all warm and fuzzy on the inside. And because he loves me so, we'll snuggle up together and he'll play along with the "do you remember" game.