Love VS 50
1970 2020
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| We began dating my senior year, December 1968. Jeff and Roxanne convinced her to invite me to the Arlington Heights High School Backwards Dance. |
Lynn had joined my church All Saints Episcopal. We attended pre-marriage class with Father Dewolf. Since we were getting married in December during advent, we had to get the Bishops, permission. We were allowed to use the Chapel, perfect it was a small wedding.
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| Saturday, December 19, 1970 Are all 50th Anniversary's on the same day? |
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| Muzz and Nandy's 50th Married Friday, December 8, 1922 Friday, December 8, 1972, Hmm, they were married young also in December. I read a book once on Universal Patterns. |
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| Sister Ginger and Lynn serving Cake and Punch at Muzz and Nandy's 50th |
We recall going to my Grandparents 50 year Anniversary celebration held at their First Baptist Church in Grandview, Texas. My father remarked to me that a 50 year anniversary is pretty incredible and of course the celebration is an event not to be missed. I recently checked out the statistics and it is somewhere around 7% of marriages that make the 50 year mark. We do not find it "that" remarkable. For one thing I am the forever optimist and Lynn has the genes of a Missouri native American so her senses are as full as they can get along with her intuition. Ours lives and careers centered around family and community so the supportive environment I am sure contributed to this moment. We were sure our purpose in life was our children, only to find out later that it wasn't them at but it was our Grandkids!
From Ft. Worth, Arlington, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi and Mustang Island, The Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic waters, Seattle and Puget Sound waters, and now back to Austin, Texas we are grateful for the friends, family and communities that made each of those years a shared learning experience full of love and gratitude. We don't look back often, mostly enjoying right now
