How Did We Get Here
“How did we get here?”
“How did we get here?”
Vivian repeated the phrase in a medium soft tone, aloud and emphatically while wringing her hands, and pacing back and forth across the plush white carpet. It had only been ten minutes, but felt like twenty, as they patiently waited in the spacious and lavishly decorated penthouse office.
The twenty something, attractive receptionist, peppy and blonde, attired in her white blouse and green miniskirt with six -inch heels.
She ushered the couple into the office and told them to make themselves comfortable.
“ Dr. Cane will be right in with you!” she insisted as she flashed her “Colgate smile”
The vast office was situated on the 17th floor of the Omni building in downtown Detroit.
Unbelievable. Vivian and Vernon were now
In the office expecting , willing and prepared,
to verbalize their most intimate thoughts and feelings…to a outsider.
They would soon be in the presence of the World renowned…
The One and Only!!
Dr. Amanda Cane!!
The walls of her luxurious office were beautifully decorated with multi colors of
Black Artwork and African artifacts.
Dr. Cane’s countless Diplomas, Awards and Life Time Achievements, were distributed elegantly throughout her enormous office space. The selected color scheme of various hues of purple and gray, helped immensely, to soothe and calm Vivian’s internal jitters.
Vernon, on the other hand was “as cool as a cucumber” But, he was always chilled”
Vivian thought.
As Vernon appeared relaxed seated in the plush purple and gray leather chair, with his black highly polished “Stacy Adams” shoes propped up on the glass end table, while scrolling through the latest edition of the. “Better Homes and Gardens” magazine that had been neatly displayed.
Vernon’s cocoa butter, skin tone, and faded,
perfectly tapered , salt and pepper short hair cut, along with his manicured goatee and tailored gray suit , caused him to look extremely handsome to Vivian today.
Vivian and Vernon had been high school sweet hearts and it felt as if they have been together forever. Over the years the couple had endured numerous strains on their loving marriage, but somehow they managed to make it through. They weathered the storms.
This time Felt differently…
“ How did we get here?”
Vivian continued to gaze out the alluring window aimlessly. She found herself at times, just shaking her head, while reminiscing about the life she and Vernon had built and shared together. At times she would twirl her beautiful mane of golden brown “Sister Locks” around her fingers as this was also comforting to her.
The couple were known by family and friends to be the “pillars of the community”
They completed each other’s sentences and they previously joked about knowing
“what each other were thinking”
But now… They each felt as if they were both “married to complete strangers”
“Twenty years of marriage and here we sit!!!”
“How did we get here?”
Just recently… while sipping on hot coffee and eating a lite breakfast, at their kitchen table, Vivian and Vernon both agreed that their relationship was being
ship wrecked, submerged, drowning, “
“Just two ships passing in the night” Vernon sighed. He went on to exclaim
Their marriage was desperately in need of a “major life boat”
“At least we both agreed on that”
And this agreement caused a smile to briefly, appear on Vivian’s face while reminiscing and still standing and staring out the picturesque office windows, while waiting for Dr. Cane to enter.
Deep down, Vivian knew that Vernon still loved her, and likewise, she loved him with all of her heart. It’s just that something was desperately missing….
She just could not put her finger on it.
Most recently Vivian and Vernon had tried reading books, dancing classes, cooking classes, and couples group counseling. Unfortunately…none of those activities had helped to improved the quality of their marriage.
Following a myriad of recommendations,
obtaining the appointment and making the one hour drive into the city…
Well…. The Dr. Amanda Cain…this was their last resort.
Could she bring Vivian’s and marriage of twenty years back from the brink of death?
As Vivian stood and stared out of enormous office windows. She retorted the phrase
this time in her mind only.
“How did We Get Here?”
This was a tall order, Vivian silently prayed that The world renowned,
“Dr. Amanda Cane was up for the challenge”
Prayerfully anticipating that Dr. Amanda Cane
Could Salvage, Restore, Revitalize and Rebuild her marriage of twenty years!
Vivian and Vernon were hopeful that their martial union could survive …be rescued,
back from “the brink of death”
and Vivian’s question of “How Did We Get Here”
would finally be answered.
