Lunch with Big Brother

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May-Decembers and Brotherly Love

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Well the trek to Ron’s homeland is winding down.  The grandkids have been hugged goodbye, tears have been wiped away, the 50th reunion is over, and I’m sitting on a plane headed back to Big-D.  Ron’s driving home and will reunite with me tomorrow. Perhaps the most memorable part of the trip was lunch today with Ron’s brother (Big Brother) and his wife.  Big Brother is 13 years older than Ron.  Big Brother’s marriage of a zillion year’s ended shortly after their 94 year old father died in 2001.  Big Brother remarried in 2002 to a woman 20 years his junior.

When I joined their family in 1986, I wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms.  I hung in there and it didn’t take too long to find my own niche in their family.   As the years went by, they realized I was there to stay because of my love for Ron.  Perhaps I paved the way for Big Brother’s wife.  I think she made her transition into the family seamlessly.

Lunch with them today was a joy and it made me silently giggle.  Big Brother and his wife don’t use computers much.  They don’t know what a blog is and we’ve never really mentioned May-December Secrets to them.  One thing I find comforting about being around Big Brother is that a I catch a glimpse of Ron in 13 years.  It’s not a bad glimpse to catch especially when I am sitting across from Big Brother’s wife who is only a few years older than me.  We were laughing about the “stubborn” gene both of these men inherited.  We “May’ wives took a little credit for knocking some of the rough corners off the brothers.  More laughter and a few knowing looks crossed the table.

Big brother and I have another thing in common.  Neither of us had children of our own, but we both became proud grandparents.  Today we did some grandparental bragging, compared medication lists, and achey joints, but all in all we just marveled at how well everyone was doing.

Love is good for us – I’m sure of it.  Today I was a reminded that soul mates don’t count the years or the circumstances between them.  They just find a way to be together in whatever way and whenever they can.

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4:45pm


Gayle LusterShe made me cry….

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Ron’s youngest daughter (I’ll call her Baby Girl – she’s 38) just called to ask me how I am doing.  She and her husband were astute enough this morning to realize that I might be nervous going to this high school reunion.  So Baby Girl  just called to tell me that I’m loved and beautiful and that everyone is going to like me.  Baby Girl made me cry those “good” tears – you know the ones you feel when your heart swells up with love…

I’m patching up some makeup, but it’s worth every moment of it.   Just like being in this family has been worth every moment of it.  I love you Baby Girl.  (The pic is of me and Baby Girl’s baby girl – more heart swelling, but no more tears okay?)

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A May-December Bonus

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Beside being married to my soul mate, one of the biggest perks for me is my bonus family. They are the most excellent, unique, and loving collection of souls. I never run out of room in my heart for them (and not one of my stretch marks is their fault!)

:-)

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It’s Like Hell… Only Hotter! (via postie)

Right after first HOT yoga class (No I do not have a hairy chest!)

Waaaaay after hot yoga class. Ready for a night out!

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What you ask? Hot Yoga. Why you ask? Because the neuro-surgeon said so. To be exact he said yoga and I said let’s take something hard and make it harder! I’m rehabilitating my posture after having a bone spur removed from my spine.

Ron won’t be joining me for this insanity. He isn’t nearly the glutton for punishment that I am.

The pictures are me right after my first class and then later after cleaning up. Do I look less toxic? Wait… don’t answer that!

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Can you lead a horse to radish?

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It may be the 27th day of February but we aren’t finished celebrating Christmas. Company for a prime rib dinner tonight. I’m venturing out of my comfort zone and making horseradish sauce from scratch. That’s fresh root I am grinding. Yum!

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