Toast with whipped cream cheese, egg and coffee with fat free half and half.
Most every day of my life starts with this same breakfast. It's got protein, carbs and COFFEE! The necessities of life.
However, this morning, when I put my toast in the toaster and "flushed" it...I noticed this strange burning smell. I figured Everlee had crammed something plastic in there. I keep our toaster stored in a low cabinet, when not in use, and unfortunately, Everlee can reach it very easily.
I quickly hit "cancel" and peeked in there. Nope. Just my toast. But, the coils didn't seem to be glowing red when I started it again. Hmm. Could it be? My toaster is dying? Say it ain't so!
We received that toaster as a wedding gift nearly 19 years ago. It's a Sunbeam toaster, not fancy, but it gets the job done...and has been doing really well, up until today. It managed to finish my toast with a nice golden brown hue, but it worried me. Would I be replacing this very STAPLE part of my routine soon?
And that got me to thinking about when I received the toaster...which reminded me how close we are to our 19th wedding anniversary. Like 17 days away. 19. Years. YEARS.
I am not sure how 19 years passed so quickly, how I ended up with 3 kids, how I've lived overseas, how I've traveled across country, how I've lived in California--thousands of miles from my family, and all of this shared with the same man.
In my wildest dreams, I never thought my life would be where it is today. I mean, I knew marrying an evangelist would have SOME adventure attached to it. I just didn't realize how amazing and rewarding that would be. I knew there would be some hard times, some good times, some sad times and some happy times--but never imagined the things we have achieved and the things we have endured. And yet, know that I am blessed beyond my own merit.
And while 19 years isn't quite a lifetime, it is longer than the life of a toaster...which is something I am quite proud of.
Happy Anniversary (to be) to my one and onliest Pookie. Here's to another 19 and then some...