Backing Up With Rutherford

I first met him when I was only thirty-three. I was in the bakery carrying a flash drive when he scampered in. He was wearing a salmon veil, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated his knee, but I pretended not to notice.

I was about to set the flash drive down when he climbed beside me. I guess he startled me, and I clumsily dropped the flash drive right by his feet. We both bent over to pick it up. It was one of those awkward moments, and we both began to back up.

After stumbling apologies, he asked me to go to the popcorn shop for a martini. I accepted, and our relationship took off from there. We didn't even know each other's names yet.

At the popcorn shop, I learned that his name was Rutherford, and that he was a third grade teacher. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a songwriter.

I guess it was love at first back up. Some might say we had bags in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. He was thirteen years older than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still backing up for each other.