46 Years together
June 13th, 2005
Today marks the anniversary of our Wedding....forty-six years ago. Dave and I were engaged May 15th, 1958 at Indiana Beach. Dave came home from the University of Detroit to take me to a dance there and that night he proposed on the boardwalk around the swimming area ....out under the second lamppost. It was the most exciting event of my life up to that point! I was so afraid he might drop the ring into the water! We were both 19 years old. He was just finishing his first year at U ofD. My ring was too big for me and the next day we had to go have it sized.....I waited while they did it because I couldn't stand the thought of not having it on my finger! I was so happy and excited. I loved to go to mass with Dave..I was so proud to be standing next to him.....he was so tall and handsome and it was so wonderful to feel his arm against mine and know that we were in love and that it was OK with GOD. I had no intentions of getting married anytime in the near future then, but after we got engaged all I could think of was being with Dave - wherever it was. He was lonesome at UofD also and it was a long year of engagement for both of us before we got married June 13th, 1959.
Funny, but I haven't much to say about all that has happend in the 46 years we have been married....it is more feelings that are hard to share. I love looking at him...even now when I am worried about the lymphoma causing damage to his beautiful body. I love his blue eyes and sparkling smile and his wavy hair (which is starting to grow back...hallaluia!). I love his hands and the scare on his knuckle where he cut it while learning to water ski behind my Dad's old boat. I just love him. He is a good man. He is a good listener. He is very intelligent. He has brought me closer to Christ...just by setting good examples and by being with me. I still love to sit next to him at mass and just ...be thankful. He is so much a part of me that I can't imagine ever not having him right there ...touching my arm.
We have grown together and become even closer with the years. The trials and tribulations of getting children (since had to adopt) and then raising them and watching them make mistakes that we couldn't fix, but also watching them grow into young adults has been a real journey for us. The children (and grandchildren) have helped us grow into mature "old" folks! We are so blessed with our lives together and the roads it has taken us on and everyone that is close to us. I am so thankful for such a god-fearing, wonderful Christian man to have and hold...to laugh with and cry with and to rest with. I am thankful for the children God placed in our lives (raising them was the best time of my life) and the grandchildren that we have to love. God has truly been good to us.
This cancer is ugly and scary, but we both know this life is just a journey to reach our final destination with our creator some day. Whatever the future holds for us we will always be together...even if we are separated. We are truly blessed. It was a wonderful anniversary celebration because Dave felt good enough that we cleaned the house in the morning, played golf (0nly 9 holes!) in the afternoon and then he took me back to our very favorite romantic spot...the Roof Garden at Indiana beach for a lovely dinner and glass of wine to celebrate our good grace of having had 46 years plus the 4 dating years to thank God for. Love is a wonderful thing that you cannot make up yourself, or force into being. It is a gift that only God can give us and Dave and I were blessed to be given this give of love for each other.
Once in awhile we forget that gift and don't treat each other as God would have us do...but we quickly get back on track and then try to learn from our mistakes and improve. We do pretty good for humans!!
It was a blessed day.
Today marks the anniversary of our Wedding....forty-six years ago. Dave and I were engaged May 15th, 1958 at Indiana Beach. Dave came home from the University of Detroit to take me to a dance there and that night he proposed on the boardwalk around the swimming area ....out under the second lamppost. It was the most exciting event of my life up to that point! I was so afraid he might drop the ring into the water! We were both 19 years old. He was just finishing his first year at U ofD. My ring was too big for me and the next day we had to go have it sized.....I waited while they did it because I couldn't stand the thought of not having it on my finger! I was so happy and excited. I loved to go to mass with Dave..I was so proud to be standing next to him.....he was so tall and handsome and it was so wonderful to feel his arm against mine and know that we were in love and that it was OK with GOD. I had no intentions of getting married anytime in the near future then, but after we got engaged all I could think of was being with Dave - wherever it was. He was lonesome at UofD also and it was a long year of engagement for both of us before we got married June 13th, 1959.
Funny, but I haven't much to say about all that has happend in the 46 years we have been married....it is more feelings that are hard to share. I love looking at him...even now when I am worried about the lymphoma causing damage to his beautiful body. I love his blue eyes and sparkling smile and his wavy hair (which is starting to grow back...hallaluia!). I love his hands and the scare on his knuckle where he cut it while learning to water ski behind my Dad's old boat. I just love him. He is a good man. He is a good listener. He is very intelligent. He has brought me closer to Christ...just by setting good examples and by being with me. I still love to sit next to him at mass and just ...be thankful. He is so much a part of me that I can't imagine ever not having him right there ...touching my arm.
We have grown together and become even closer with the years. The trials and tribulations of getting children (since had to adopt) and then raising them and watching them make mistakes that we couldn't fix, but also watching them grow into young adults has been a real journey for us. The children (and grandchildren) have helped us grow into mature "old" folks! We are so blessed with our lives together and the roads it has taken us on and everyone that is close to us. I am so thankful for such a god-fearing, wonderful Christian man to have and hold...to laugh with and cry with and to rest with. I am thankful for the children God placed in our lives (raising them was the best time of my life) and the grandchildren that we have to love. God has truly been good to us.
This cancer is ugly and scary, but we both know this life is just a journey to reach our final destination with our creator some day. Whatever the future holds for us we will always be together...even if we are separated. We are truly blessed. It was a wonderful anniversary celebration because Dave felt good enough that we cleaned the house in the morning, played golf (0nly 9 holes!) in the afternoon and then he took me back to our very favorite romantic spot...the Roof Garden at Indiana beach for a lovely dinner and glass of wine to celebrate our good grace of having had 46 years plus the 4 dating years to thank God for. Love is a wonderful thing that you cannot make up yourself, or force into being. It is a gift that only God can give us and Dave and I were blessed to be given this give of love for each other.
Once in awhile we forget that gift and don't treat each other as God would have us do...but we quickly get back on track and then try to learn from our mistakes and improve. We do pretty good for humans!!
It was a blessed day.
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