I had to ask permission from my dad to share any information about his journey to recovery as an alcoholic.  He generally keeps this part of his private life with the exception of his AA community, in which he is very passionate.  When I asked permission via text message– because I wanted him to be able to think about his reply and not put him on the spot– he shared, “No, I don’t mind if you share it, BUT in general I keep it private except in meetings or AA anniversaries.  Why would I take credit for something I should have been doing all along.  As of today, it’s been roughly one day sober and 33 years, 4 months, and 10 days of experience in staying sober, but then again, who’s counting…lovyas.  Dad.”

However, I share this with you because my parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary today, May 31.  The conversation came up earlier this week with our children who have been really into music from the 50s and 60s thanks to this year’s elementary choral concert with all songs Elvis.  “Mom, did Gram and Pop dance to an Elvis song at their wedding?”

I knew the answer was no, but I actually had to ask my parents what their song was.  I feel like this was something that I should have known in my memory despite not being present at their actual wedding.  Of course, then she followed up with our wedding song, meaning mine and her dad’s.  Crickets.  No idea.  I knew it was by Depeche Mode, and I could picture us dancing, but alas, no title came to mind.  Geoff later reminded me our song was “Somebody to Love. “Good grief.  So again, I text my mom this time, and she writes just one word, “More.”  Hmmm.  Not a lot of information, and if you just youtube that one word, what comes up is not appropriate for me to share, funny enough.  Then I google “songs from the 60s which include more” and three hits up front by Andy Williams, Doris Day, and Bobby Darin.  Man, must have been a great song for those big three to knock it out of the park.  I guessed they went with Doris Day, but I was wrong.  Bobby Darin.  I’ve included the link here with lyrics in case you needed a pick me up as I did here at the end of a chaotic school year.