Oh my, do I feel badly right about now! My parents were married 40 years ago today. Did I remember this momentous occasion? NO! Not until I turned on the computer and saw Dad's Blog Post - (I'm not good at links - click the link in the right hand column for "Dad's Blog"). Forty years is an amazing achievement! Mom and Dad are blessed with a marriage which is still strong - it's funny sometimes to think of your parents as a "couple". This morning (before she remembered it was her anniversary) Mom and I were standing at their cabin - and she looked up and saw Dad riding up on his 4 wheeler. She got this cute little look and said "Look at him" - I realized that she thought he was a cutie :-) This morning I thought something along the lines of "how sweet" - now that I have registered what a big day today is for them her reaction hits me even more!
Did they have a big party - no. Did their too busy kids remember their day - no. But, they had a day, 40 years after they married, when they hung out with their kids and grandkids, they relaxed at their cabin at the lake, neither of them is sick with a major illness, they have never divorced (or even come close to it as far as I know), and they still love to spend time together. You really can't ask for a better 40th anniversary than that, can you?
3 comments:
I know, I know! I felt so bad!
Happy Anniversary to them!
Wow, 40 years! That's awesome!
Most marriages can't survive 40 years...much less thrive for that long. Your parents are an inspiration.
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