Happy Anniversary to Us

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“A good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.” ~Anne Lamott, Joe Jones My husband and I celebrated yet another year together this week. We married when we were both very young in the little country church where we are still members these many years later and added another son a few years …

A Wedding is a Family Affair

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“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin I had the privilege and joy of seeing my oldest grandchild get married this weekend. The wedding was lovely with much smiling and a few tears too as I watched my granddaughter step into the next part of her life. But her wedding …

Celebrating an Anniversary

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  Family portrait after 15 or so anniversaries.   A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul Sweeney      Forty-eight years ago I was spending my last night at home in my childhood bed. On the morrow I was getting married. Much too young. Only seventeen and barely …

A Lifetime Commitment

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 A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul Sweeney My husband and I celebrated our anniversary yesterday. In rather laid back ways. No big trips or dinners. We went to Louisville to walk in the St. Jude Give Thanks. Walk. That was to support St. Jude Hospital …