Remember When

Friday afternoon at work and I find myself hardly working instead of working hard. Oops! 

I am listening to Tim McGraw radio on Pandora and the song Remember When by Alan Jackson starts to play.

I turn it up just a bit and my mind immediately ventures back to a sweet memory of a Friday night many months ago.

There is also a quote that reminds me of this time in our life. Just to give you a little idea of what I am getting to...here is the quote.

"Always keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes the special occasion is that you’ve got a bottle of champagne in the fridge."

Needless to say, we were struggling just a little. Ben had been laid off from his job and although money wasn't tight we watched our checking and savings accounts closely.

Our Friday nights were spent in our apartment, rather than going out for a night on the town.

That evening I came home and to my surprise I found a box of wine in the fridge. Not champagne, but wine.

I sipped wine, Ben sipped wine and before you knew it we were both cracking jokes at the dinner table.

We had been playing music and decided to slow dance to Remember When.

We embraced each other so close during the entire song.

I'm not sure if it was the lyrics or the wine, but soon after the song was over I realized that we had both gotten a bit emotional. Sorry Ben, grown men do cry, don't they? ;)

I find it a little humorous now to picture two young adults slow dancing and shedding a tear or two in their very empty apartment, but at the same time I am so grateful for all those nights we spent home together...

I'll always be grateful for a glass of wine. I'll always be grateful for the good times. I'll always be grateful for the not so good times. And I will always be there for my husband at all times.

We struggled, we bonded, we laughed, we learned, we strived and here we are now and someday we'll once again...Remember When.