
Today is our twelfth wedding anniversary. I kept trying to think of a clever euphemism, synonym or idiom about a dozen, but it eludes me.
Abby and I were on our new front deck recently, just after sunset, holding each other close in the cool air.
“Can you believe it’s been 12 years?” I asked, then added, “let’s go for 12 more!”
“No,” she answered. “Forever.”

Fantastic. Happy anniversary. An awesome place to get married.
Happy anniversary to both of you! P.S. Today’s subhead made me double over laughing. DAMN good thing you never sat behind me in class.
1 Jovian year
12 Earth years
19 Venutian years
50 Mercurial years
156 lunar cycles
4383 sunrises and sunsets