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Early Days of Wedded Bliss

Gold ring procured from Navy exchange

     Merry-go-round petals etched in black

Two lives in rearrange

     Gifted a wedding plaque

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I was expecting; he had tonsillitis 

     I carried child; he had an ‘ectomy

A throaty bangup to wedded bliss
     
     Eureka earthquake; baby makes three.

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Life was swell; ding-dong dandy pell-mell

     Engaging in everyday realities

Smile-burps, cow-eyes, infantile dinner bell

     Bottomless dirty diapers, scrubbing onesies

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Who would stay awake and watch the kid?

     I did it everytime…. “tag you’re it!”

No one can count sheep like a squid

     Apparently, I’m in charge of this outfit


10/4/2021

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Mike Bayles Date: 10/10/2021 7:47:00 PM Kim, I like the playfulness of the poem, but I still see it as a good depiction of early marriage. Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/11/2021 9:41:00 AM Thank you :)

Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/7/2021 11:17:00 AM Those were the olden days before Daddies got up and shared the all night duties! Thank you for the memories! Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/7/2021 12:11:00 PM For sure!

Gershon Wolf Date: 10/5/2021 12:25:00 PM Love your musings on the early days of marriage... They seem like a fairy tale out of a dream-book now, don't they? (Mine do, anyway). Kudos, Gershon Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/5/2021 1:47:00 PM Memories! :)

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 10/4/2021 7:33:00 PM The early days make great memories. Such happy frenzy. :D Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/5/2021 4:31:00 AM We are broke in as we marry, have kids, or have alternate routes in life. Memories shared with family are priceless. God bless!

Poet Tacito Date: 10/4/2021 3:10:00 PM What a roller coaster. :) This was so well done! Yay for surviving it all! Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/4/2021 5:46:00 PM LOL…thanks!

Tom Cunningham Date: 10/4/2021 2:35:00 PM Happy memories Kim, but it was worth it. Tom Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/4/2021 5:46:00 PM Yup!

Chris Green Date: 10/4/2021 2:27:00 PM Sounds a bit chaotic to me but it seems so well worth it. : ) Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/4/2021 5:46:00 PM It is!

Victor Buhagiar Date: 10/4/2021 11:58:00 AM Quite a lot of action in your early wedding days. Semper fie :) Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/4/2021 12:19:00 PM LOL! For sure. Mom was on the East Coast. I was on the West and a new mom.