Bouncing With Matilda

I first met her when I was only forty-five. I was in the flower shop carrying a ticket when she sped in. She was wearing a yellow set of braces, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her tooth, but I pretended not to notice.

I was about to set the ticket down when she bolted beside me. I guess she startled me, and I clumsily dropped the ticket right by her feet. We both bent over to pick it up. It was one of those awkward moments, and we both began to bounce.

After stumbling apologies, I asked her to go to the bar for a hot toddy. She accepted, and our relationship took off from there. We didn't even know each other's names yet.

At the bar, I learned that her name was Matilda, and that she was a wedding planner. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a petroleum engineer.

I guess it was love at first bounce. Some might say we had toys in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. She was eleven years older than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still bouncing for each other.