>THE ANNIVERSARY

>THE ANNIVERSARY
>
>
>Who said men don't remember anniversaries?




>A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in
>their
>bed.
>She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him.
>She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of coffee in
>front
>of him.
>He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall.
>She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his
>coffee.
>"What's the matter, dear?" she whispers as she steps into the room,
>"Why are you down here at this time of night?"
>The husband looks up from is coffee, "Do you remember 20 years ago
>when we were dating, and you were only 16?" he asks solemnly. .
>The wife is touched to tears never having known that her husband was so
>caring and sensitive.
>"Yes I do," she replies.
>The husband paused. The words were not coming easily.
>"Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car

>"Yes, I remember," said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside
>him.
>The husband continued.
>"Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun in my face and said,
>'Either you marry my daughter, or I will send you to jail for 20
>years?'"
>"I remember that too" she replied softly.
>He wiped another tear from his cheek and said...
>
>
>"I would have gotten out today."