Courtship

So, now we are officially, Empty-Nest-ers.  The very first thing we did after leaving Cheltenham was take TJ out, celebrate her birthday, attempt painting the town red.

  Bruno and I don't do late nights anymore.  I awoke with a hang-over the next morning, and very nearly missed our train to Edinburgh!

In the nick of time!!!

The Empty Nest?  It feels a lot like Courtship.  You go on a trip together, you eat in adult places (factoring Bruno into the equation of course), you hold hands when walking, spend long moments talking and listening to each other.  You kind of get to know each other again, but without the anxiety of having to impress.

You take pictures of each other because there is a part of you that wants to hold these moments, when you were (still) young, when you were young, forever.

Best of all, Courtship now is enacted on a stage built on the firmest foundations. You don't think of escape routes (what if, but,never mind, just divorce).  

Girl meets Boy.  Boy meets Girl.  For a long while, God and Life willing, they live happily every after.