“You ready baby?”
“I don’t know Larry, what’s it like?”
“Oh! It’s nothing, just a few more gray hairs…”
They smile at each other knowingly. Larry presented his wife of so many years with a beautiful ring for her right hand. They enjoyed a healthy treat and each others’ company. Then, in the back of the home they have shared for almost eternity, the place where they spent their first day as a married couple and first days as parents, Alex blew out her candles…..
“Well?”
“You look like the finest aged wine my dear, let me see if you taste the way you look.”
Happy birthday Alexandria.
Things Fall Apart 