Today my mother and father would have been married for, hmmm, how many years is it now? This picture was taken at their 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration, and the renewing of their vows…it is a touching picture to me…I sat and looked at it some years later on the dresser when I’d sit next to my Dad’s bed when he was bedridden after suffering several strokes over a period of 5 years. It will be 5 years ago in October since Dad passed away, time passes quickly so it still seems like yesterday. I haven’t called my Mom yet, but I’m sure that the day hasn’t gone by without notice, and perhaps some tears. So this day, June 4th, is a special day, full of memories that are bittersweet now. My parents went through a lot, and their marriage is an example of commitment. Living out the words said at many weddings, “for better or for worse”. I thank them for that. Here is a picture of them on their wedding day:
I have a wonderful e-book that tells me what holidays and observances take place during the year, and discovering that April is Couples Appreciation Month was a fun find, because this month my husband and I celebrate 31 years as a couple…we dated for 7 months before we married on April 7th of 1979.
This past weekend we went away to celebrate in Lancaster, PA, remembering both our anniversary and Easter, or Resurrection Sunday as we like to call it. It was God who brought us together, after all, through a friend who invited me to come back and visit a church I had attended during High School. At that point 7+ years had passed since I had been to the church, and when I went and was invited to a get-together after, I met the man who would be my husband. He had moved here from Colorado on business, and worked only a block away from me. It took a couple of months for us to start dating, but after our first date, we were inseparable, and have been ever since.
Here’s to other couples that have been together for years because of your commitment to love one another and work through the challenges of life, through thick and thin, or as we said in our vows, “for better or for worse”. We’ve had both in our marriage, the “better” makes life fun, the “worse” makes a relationship stronger if you work through the challenges and come out on the other side.
Some day, I’ll have to share some wedding memories, my wedding, my daughters wedding, and I even have a beautiful picture of my mother and father on their wedding day, and the day that they renewed their vows on their 50th wedding anniversary.
But today, I want to invite you to a teleseminar that will help you make some memories of your own. Here’s the information:
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008 at noon EST
By Wedding Planner Pam Archer on BlogTalk Radio
Topic: Ten Mistakes when Planning a Wedding or Event
This is one of a series of seminars on various topics by some talented Diva’s! For more information and to register, go to http://www.talk2bev.com
Today my mother and father would have been married for, hmmm, how many years is it now? This picture was taken at their 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration, and the renewing of their vows…it is a touching picture to me…I sat and looked at it some years later on the dresser when I’d sit next to my Dad’s bed when he was bedridden after suffering several strokes over a period of 5 years. It will be 5 years ago in October since Dad passed away, time passes quickly so it still seems like yesterday. I haven’t called my Mom yet, but I’m sure that the day hasn’t gone by without notice, and perhaps some tears. So this day, June 4th, is a special day, full of memories that are bittersweet now. My parents went through a lot, and their marriage is an example of commitment. Living out the words said at many weddings, “for better or for worse”. I thank them for that. Here is a picture of them on their wedding day:
