Go where this month’s prompt leads you
It Tuesday and time for Colleen’s Tuesday Tanka Challenge. It’s the fourth week of the month! Are you ready for a theme prompt? Colleen didn’t hear from Padre whose turn it was to select the theme… so, Colleen has picked the theme prompt for us.
Travel/Journeys.
I was seventeen when we married, 19years when the first boy arrived and 30years when the third and last boy appeared. Well now they had all grown and flown. It is now our time. So we renewed our passports and set off on our travels. The pandemic put a stop to that but we are on life’s journey, we are travelling together.
Following life’s road
We have traversed fifty years.
We’ve grown together.
Boy and girl, man and woman.
Three generations of love.
willowdot21 
May 25, 2021 @ 15:31:10
What a sweet poem. Fifty years of love, wonderful!
May 25, 2021 @ 15:59:30
It’s never been straight or narrow but we hit 50 later this year 👍💜
May 25, 2021 @ 16:25:58
So, so lovely, Sis 💜🙏🏼💜
May 25, 2021 @ 16:54:24
Thank you Sis , we will have been married 50yrs later this year 💜
May 25, 2021 @ 17:00:32
How precious 💜 and it’ll be 20 for us!
May 25, 2021 @ 17:04:32
That’s wonderful too 💜💜💜
May 25, 2021 @ 17:25:26
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It’s my parents 50th in Aprul next year!
May 25, 2021 @ 17:31:02
Woo! Brilliant 💜
May 25, 2021 @ 18:15:41
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May 25, 2021 @ 17:07:34
50 years, that is incredible, Willow. Congratulations.
May 25, 2021 @ 17:31:36
Thank you Robbie, it’s later this year 💜
May 25, 2021 @ 17:45:26
You’re a great advertisement for marriage 🙂
May 25, 2021 @ 17:47:07
Lol it’s not all been plain sailing but then nothing is and wouldn’t that of been boring anyway ☺️
May 25, 2021 @ 17:49:25
You certainly would have fewer memories!
May 25, 2021 @ 17:50:49
Yes indeed 😊
May 25, 2021 @ 17:55:50
Aww this is so lovely. I also met my hubby when I was very young! Sometimes it’s just meant to be! And yes we had plans to travel too. Hopefully that happens for us both Willow.
❤ x
May 25, 2021 @ 18:16:22
Yes I hope we can be traveling again soon, we met when I was thirteen!
May 26, 2021 @ 08:39:58
Wow! I was nearly eighteen!
May 26, 2021 @ 08:47:56
Lol well we both chose well didn’t we 🤣
May 26, 2021 @ 11:52:20
I reckon we did! lol. x
May 26, 2021 @ 12:33:35
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May 25, 2021 @ 18:12:37
Wow, you started that journey very young! Glad you are continuing 50 years later 🙂 Great tanka.
May 25, 2021 @ 18:22:25
Thank you, I met my husband when I was thirteen. Our Anniversary is later this year 💜
May 25, 2021 @ 20:22:52
How beautiful. 🙂 I hope you and your husband get to travel together again soon. 🙂
May 25, 2021 @ 20:28:46
I am sure we will when it’s safe, thank you 💜
May 25, 2021 @ 23:27:30
Very nice looking couple and congrats!
May 26, 2021 @ 06:35:09
Thank you our anniversary is later this year 💜
May 26, 2021 @ 04:44:26
Lovely words and a sweet picture of you two lovebirds!
May 26, 2021 @ 06:33:40
Lol we’ve had our ups and downs but we are still happy 💜
May 26, 2021 @ 16:20:45
That’s all that counts. If you can find your way back to friendship most of the ups and downs can be conquered. 🤗💜
May 26, 2021 @ 16:28:27
Yes indeed they can and we have 💜💜
May 26, 2021 @ 13:32:30
Well done!!
May 26, 2021 @ 16:30:57
Thank you 💜
May 26, 2021 @ 20:44:39
What a lovely picture!!
Congratulations on your upcoming 50th anniversary, Willow. 💓💓
May 27, 2021 @ 05:41:06
Thank you it’s later this year 💜
May 27, 2021 @ 20:19:14
I hope you’re doing something special and fun to celebrate.
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May 27, 2021 @ 03:55:17
Absolutely beautiful, Willow:) Happy 50 years!
May 27, 2021 @ 05:34:32
Thank you so much, the anniversary is later this year 💜💜💜
May 27, 2021 @ 05:44:12
Happy early 50th anniversary! This one should be celebrated all year long:)
May 27, 2021 @ 05:46:43
Lol, now there is an idea, 💜💜💜
May 27, 2021 @ 10:00:43
Wow the trip of a lifetime over and over again with the one you love is certainly worth waiting for.
Pandemic aside, it’s going to be an awesome journey.
Have fun and hey be good, just like me 😁
Andro
May 27, 2021 @ 10:04:46
Hey Andro how are you doing, I was just thinking of you the other day! I do hope you are well. .. We do plan to travel more, once the rules become less stringent. Not this year maybe we can start again next year. Be safe and well 💜
May 27, 2021 @ 10:42:19
Yes I’m fine thank you, a little fed up of this crazy Pandemic and all of its difficulties, well we adjust and continue, but it would be nice to have a more normal existence.
I hope you and your hubby are making a long list of countries to visit, best start with the more safer ones and theb see how the others cope with vaccination roll outs.
The main thing is to keep following the basic government guidelines and keeping as safe as possible, of which I’m sure you’re an expert at by now 🤔😲 lol
Are you on FB by any chance? I went there after I stopped blogging on WP but I’m now returning here, and spending less time on there.
We are creatures of experience, so keep doing what you love, and soon, you will be back to your adventures.
Keep Safe
Andro x
May 27, 2021 @ 11:13:38
I am glad you are coming back to WordPress you’ve been missed. I don’t spend much timewasters on Facebook but I am there as Willow Willers. As I say not onthere much .
We do have a list of places to visit , yes we are good at hands – face – space …lol. I hope you have come through unscathed, we lost hubby’s mother to Covid, though she did make her 100th Birthday , also our middle son was very unwell with Covid at Christmas. The world keeps turning and as you say we are creatures of experience.💜
Jun 05, 2021 @ 10:22:48
I’m very sorry about your loss, and that your son was very poorly, the virus has ripped through our world and changed all of our lives.
So far everything here is fine, but of course we all wish that our lives could return to a more safer level without restrictions and rules, though without those basic of health measures the consequences would have been even more chaotic and dangerous.
I tried coming back here a while back but to be honest I just wasn’t motivated enough and my WordPress space was left to the Zombies, vampires and skeletons to do their own thing 🙄😮 lol
I will endeavor to try harder this time around and thank you for calling by and taking an interest, it’s really great seeing you my dear.
Have a super weekend, keep safe, and be good, just like me 🤣😮
(((Hugs)))
Andro x
Jun 05, 2021 @ 16:13:59
Good like you? Maybe I could do better than that ! Yes it’s been a very hard year but we recover and survive. Life goes on we must all make the effort and try.
I am so glad to see you here do try and stay 💜
Jun 06, 2021 @ 09:14:15
I am hoping to make more of an effort this time around, it’s amazing how many have left from my original friends list, but blogging did drop off quite a bit so I guess they decided not to return.
Your blog certainly looks great, I will keep popping by to read and add my thoughts my dear friend, and again, thank you for not deleting me from your list of friends.
Enjoy your Sunday.
Andro x
Jun 06, 2021 @ 10:24:39
I would not delete you Andro, nor anyone who has been friendly or kind to me, the door is always on the latch . Just pop in anytime . I have found blogging a great source of help and pleasure in my life. I amazed at all the fantastic people I have met here. It always a good day when someone returns 💜
Jun 06, 2021 @ 10:45:32
You are very kind my lovely friend, I used to enjoy these everyday interactions more in WordPress so yes, I do need to flip off the latch and join in with you, who knows, I could even get back into writing every day like before.
Thank you for being such a warm and encouraging friend my dear Willow, I appreciate it.
Andro x
Jun 06, 2021 @ 10:47:31
It good to be kind and friendly 😊
Jun 06, 2021 @ 10:48:22
I agree wholeheartedly my sweet friend.
Andro x
May 27, 2021 @ 11:57:44
Oh! This is wonderful, both the poem and your journey. Our passports are getting a good rest now, hope it won’t last long.
May 27, 2021 @ 12:11:19
Yes they are aren’t they, it won’t last forever, I hope. Thank you for your kind words 💜
May 28, 2021 @ 16:53:54
What a lovely poem, Willow! ❤ I can't believe you've been married 50 years! Wow! You both look great! ❤ (Remember that we don't capitalize the first letter of each line of our Japanese poetry. I'm reminding everyone. <3). Where will your first trip be to? ❤
May 28, 2021 @ 17:15:24
I am glad you like my poem. Thank you for the compliment! I know but I find it so hard not to use the capital letter at the beginning of a line…. It’s those nuns !!!!!! 😂💜💜💜
May 28, 2021 @ 17:18:21
LOL! I know… and for those of you who write prose poetry or freestyle poetry, it’s written differently than syllabic poetry. Even the Etheree and the nonet should be phrases—not sentences. I want you all to submit your poetry to journals and get accepted. ❤
May 28, 2021 @ 17:20:14
Thank you for percivereing I am so grateful to learn 💜
May 28, 2021 @ 17:25:46
I’d not said anything before as I didn’t want to sound like the poetry police. But, with the poetry journal, I feel a responsibility to make sure everyone knows the correct way to write the poetry. ❤
May 28, 2021 @ 17:44:24
And I am definitely grateful for your advice 💜💜
May 28, 2021 @ 17:45:42
I hope I don’t sound like an old fish wife. LOL! 😀 ❤
May 28, 2021 @ 17:49:04
No you certainly don’t, old fish wives are known for their foul language not their poetic advice 💜💜💜😂😂
May 28, 2021 @ 17:51:28
LOL! Whew… thank goodness. 😀 ❤
May 28, 2021 @ 18:09:11
Bless you are a star 🌟
May 28, 2021 @ 18:11:34
❤ ❤ ❤
May 30, 2021 @ 16:19:34
this poem is absolutely beautiful ❤️
May 30, 2021 @ 17:40:41
Thank you so much 💜