Sometimes It's Ok...To Miss The Boat

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This husband and I…

Were outside…enjoying the beautiful day…doing what old people do…petting Old Man Wrigley…dusting off the car…chatting about winter coming…when calliope music filled the air…

The American Queen…the largest steamboat ever built…christened in Memphis in 2012…by Priscilla Presley…was docked in our quaint…downtown…

The calliope music…indicated its pending departure…being ever so curious…this husband and I put our important old people tasks on pause…and headed to the river…

Got there just in time…as the Queen high tailed it out of town…music still filling the air….her hind end…bidding a fond farewell…trying to get a glimpse…my Mr. and I worked our way through the onlookers heading back to their cars…the sight…still splendiferous…

And then we hear it…from a gentleman nearby…passing us on his way to his car…you just missed the boat…he says…with a laugh…and a smile…

Indeed we did…we so did…just missed the boat…and sometimes you do…miss the boat…life throwing you a curveball…opportunities seem to get away…

But it’s all in the adventure of trying…the fun of the drive there…and what you do…on the trip home…after…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…