TIME BEYOND MEASURE

The person I spent most of my time with (and too much time it’s never enough) is my wife, my partner and my best friend. We have been married for north of 54 years. We were friends for some years before marrying in 1969.

We are both retired teachers, with my wife retiring first, with me following in January 2012.

The beautiful thing about being retired is the amount of time we share together. Unlike many retired couples, where it seems the wife wants to push the husband off to golf, the man shed, or some other venue – and where the husband wants the wife to go to a sewing circle, a crochet club or some other location, we don’t feel like that about each other.

Being together and sharing time is something we relish, because that’s the way we are. We are pretty independent and enjoy reflecting on the times we have had over the years in different locations as teachers, holidays with our three children, reflecting on life generally, and looking forward to the time we have left on this mortal coil.

We reflect on the good times, those periods of life that were challenging, on the way we overcame difficulties, and on our lives in remote, rural, Town situations, and cities in both Western Australia and the Northern Territory. We have had full, productive, satisfying lives and so to have our children.

Spending time with each other is a joy of our lives.