We sat down and looked anxiously at the blank sheet music. How will we ever fill the spaces?
The intro took shape. Stolen smiles and time spent together. We were finding our rhythm in the slow steady rumble of ocean waves and the title sequences of movies.
The verses, our “Once Upon a Time,” were written slowly. We took our time curating each beat and melody, every experience and feeling. The notes of long drives, candy hearts, movies, concerts, new homes, illnesses,new friends, some tears, babies, teens, worries and laughter all flowed so easily onto our page.
The chorus: The space between…….(because that is where the life and love really happens)
The bridge is a section that provides relief from the repetitive nature of many songs. Not only does it have different lyrics from the verse and chorus, but the music is a little different as well. We are in our bridge. It and we are ever-changing works in progress.
Our love song is beautiful and chaotic and sweet and messy, just like us. I wouldn’t want it any other way. Twenty-five years have come and gone. There were days that felt like decades and years that felt like seconds. Like I wrote in a previous essay, you have artfully master a soundtrack for our life together.
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