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I can't resist sharing a lovely picture of my mom on her wedding day, which I found in some things I was sorting through recently. I just love this picture! And today being the day my folks would have celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary, I think it's appropriate to share it. ;-)
My folks met at a mission school in Frenchburg, KY, where they were both teaching. They got engaged only a few months after they met! My dad had always said he would marry before he turned 30, and he managed it by the skin of his teeth, since his 30th birthday fell on June 5, 1955. :-D
I'm here with my dad today, to be with him on his anniversary -- since my mom is no longer here. He seems to be doing very well, at least emotionally. He has no trouble talking about her, which is his way of keeping her memory alive, I think. Tomorrow, on his birthday, the family plans to drive over to the next town and pick out a monument for the cemetery. Not the sort of thing one usually does on a birthday, but that's what he's keen on right now! I think he wants everything to be nice for her. ;-) He mentioned to me last night that he never got the opportunity to pick one out for his own parents or brother, because they had military monuments, so I think he's pleased that he gets to do this for that reason, too. He's a very practical sort of guy, and I think that's helping him a lot.
I am doing very well through all this, my dears. Typing this has made me a bit teary-eyed, but it's good tears, if you know what I mean. It's going to be be a good day today.
I shall write more about my mom, for sure -- and about how I'm processing everything that has happened in the last three or so weeks. I just haven't got that all together yet! But I sure didn't want to put off sharing this picture of the cute and happy couple.
My folks met at a mission school in Frenchburg, KY, where they were both teaching. They got engaged only a few months after they met! My dad had always said he would marry before he turned 30, and he managed it by the skin of his teeth, since his 30th birthday fell on June 5, 1955. :-D
I'm here with my dad today, to be with him on his anniversary -- since my mom is no longer here. He seems to be doing very well, at least emotionally. He has no trouble talking about her, which is his way of keeping her memory alive, I think. Tomorrow, on his birthday, the family plans to drive over to the next town and pick out a monument for the cemetery. Not the sort of thing one usually does on a birthday, but that's what he's keen on right now! I think he wants everything to be nice for her. ;-) He mentioned to me last night that he never got the opportunity to pick one out for his own parents or brother, because they had military monuments, so I think he's pleased that he gets to do this for that reason, too. He's a very practical sort of guy, and I think that's helping him a lot.
I am doing very well through all this, my dears. Typing this has made me a bit teary-eyed, but it's good tears, if you know what I mean. It's going to be be a good day today.
I shall write more about my mom, for sure -- and about how I'm processing everything that has happened in the last three or so weeks. I just haven't got that all together yet! But I sure didn't want to put off sharing this picture of the cute and happy couple.
