Our 46th Anniversary

On that sunny Friday morning, 46 years ago,  when we were asked to vow, in a temple of our God,  that we would love and cling unto each other as man and wife for time and all eternity…. we looked at each other, across the alter into our star struck eyes and answered yes with what we thought was all of the love in the world.

We did not dream that we knew little of what love really was back then, when we said those vows. We learned that true love grows through time… through ups and downs…through thick and thin (or thin and thick in our case.)

I hadn’t made any plans for this anniversary…. #46… didn’t seem as important as 45 was  or 50 will be.   But after our terrible accident that almost took my life and I thought had taken John’s, I realized that every year together should not be taken for granted…. each is a real celebration.

So, even though I was not up to doing much, with the help of John and our friends, we had a lovely day of celebration.

It started out when John took me to breakfast… and barely fussed  agreed when I asked the waitress to take our picture

That evening we went out to our favorite Chinese restaurant for dinner with Mindy and Ernie and a nice group of our friends.

Then we returned to our home where the party continued. LouAnn brought us a lovely cake. Kris supplied the ice cream.

John and I surely appreciated our friends and family making this such a nice evening for us.

They had fun looking at our old wedding pictures… and noted that John and I have barely changed a bit….lol

And I got to enjoy the company and the fun right from the comforts of my…

 

…hospital bed. I am glad that John had my bed put in the family room… I didn’t like that idea at first but it turned out to be a great idea.

 

 

 

So here we are 46 years later…. It turns out that we are happier and much richer than we ever thought we would be…. maybe not as rich in money as we had dreamed… but richer in all the things that really matter…. having love, each other, a great family and wonderful friends is worth more to us than all the money in the world.  Yes we are truly blessed and very grateful.

It was a simple, but lovely day…. the very best way to celebrate our 46 years of marriage.  My heart is full of gratitude and joy.

Hugs, Lura