This past Tuesday was Roland’s and my 41st wedding
anniversary. Unless we are traveling, Roland usually takes me out to dinner at
Café Borgia and I give him a small but tangible gift. This year we did things a
little differently.
Since Café Borgia was still closed to dine-in patrons, Roland and I did
the next best thing and ordered take-out meals to eat in the privacy of our
home. Roland had ravioli and I had lasagna with cheesecake for dessert. And, of
course, lots of their good bread. We used the good dishes and silverware but
left the everyday tablecloth on.
My anniversary gift to Roland was also different this year. Instead of
getting him something tangible, I ordered the sheet music for “If I Had to Do
It All Over Again” by Bobby Springfield. Roland and I listened to Roy Clark singing
it on our many trips to Nashville last year, and each time I heard it I
thought, “That would be a perfect song for our 50th wedding
anniversary.” But that’s nine years away, and would I even remember about it
then?
So I found the sheet music on eBay and sang it to Roland as my anniversary
present to him. I can’t give you the full text, or even most of it, without
violating copyright laws, but the general message is expressed in the first
four measures of the chorus: “If I had to do it all over again, I’d do it with
you.”
And I would.
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