Love VS 50

 Love VS 50    

1970    2020

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.

Saturday, December 19, 1970
Are all 50th Anniversary's on the same day?

Roseann & Vance, Lynn's aunt and uncle  hosted the wedding reception in her Ft. Worth home. Lynn's' mom Peggy, and my Father George, My Grandparents Nandy and Muzz and Lynn's' Nana and PopPop. Martti, Lorraine, Roxanne, Ginger and Tommy with Brother Dave and Susan up front. On the Launch pad in our 60'Chevy to 2020 and Beyond..

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.

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 

Speaking of "Incredible", this picture Is Incredible to us. Most of the Austin Family is in this one year old pic, We hope to update as soon as we can all gather again with the entire Austin Family.