Remember When

Long before Alan Jackson wrote the song Remember When, I wrote a poem for Jason with the same (or similar) title. Each line started with, “remember when…” and then something that we had experienced together. Of course, it had our experiences and not the experiences of Mr. Jackson and his wife, but it was very similar. So similar, in fact, that years later when the song was released and went to number one on the music charts, I felt like he had stolen the words right from my heart and put them all out there for the world to see. Alan and his wife were also high school sweethearts who went through their own share of troubles and came back to love each other more. You can see how “their song” would become “our song”.

In October, Jason and I will have been together (off and on, but mostly on) for 28 years. 28 years! Today, however, we have been married for 20 years. 20 years! So, for my husband, my best friend, my lover and my soul mate, I love you so much and I remember when…

Remember when I was young and so were you
and time stood still and love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
We made love and then you cried
Remember when

Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won’t be sad, we’ll be glad
For all the life we’ve had
And we’ll remember when

Happy anniversary, honey.

(If you have time, go watch the video. It’s so beautiful and will give you goosebumps. That’s his wife with him in the video.)