Today is our 32nd wedding anniversary. In one way it seems like it was just yesterday and in another it seems like I’ve never been without Matt.

We met on a blind date.

I was working in Canton NC with my cousins. One cousin was married to a friend of Matt’s father.

I can still hear her telling me I should meet Matt. Her sister chimed in to say she used to see him when she worked at BILO and he came in on his lunch break. She said “Tipper he is really cute.”

On our first date we rode up the mountain with my cousin and her husband. I took a shine to Matt immediately. He was cute and we had much in common.

In those days horse riding was big in our circle of family and friends. A big bunch of us would go to Shining Rock or even for a quick ride around the loop at Sunburst.

Matt and I would often fall to the back of the line trying to ride side by side in the wide places so we could talk.

We dated about four years before marrying so we’ve been together for about 36 years all together. All these years later we still talk about everything under the sun and I still think Matt is a handsome man. But more than that he’s a good husband and a good father—and now a good papaw.

So many sweet memories of our wedding day remain in my mind. From the love we shared to the friends and family who gathered to watch us tie the knot.

I got ready in the basement of the church and had to walk up the stairs with Pap before entering the sanctuary.

As we stopped on the landing to await the signal for us to continue on our march Pap told me “Tipper I’m real proud of you and we couldn’t have picked no one better than Matt for you to marry.”

All these years later I whole heartedly agree with Pap.

Last night’s video: I Can’t BELIEVE What I Did…I’m So Mad At Myself!! || Making Delicious Salsa.

Tipper

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