Celebrating Fifty Years
August 02, 2018
The other night, our two sons and our daughter-in-law took us out for dinner to celebrate our fiftieth anniversary. It was a beautiful, not-humid-by-local standards, mid-summer evening, and we ate outside at a restaurant we all like.
After we got up to date on our son Seth’s life (he had just flown in from a month in Brazil), the kids asked us for the secret of our long happy marriage. My immediate response was “our amazing children”.
But they wanted more.
For one thing, we’ve always liked many of the same things—classical music, traveling by bicycle, cooking, going to movies. In our whole marriage I remember only one bitter disagreement—it was something about the children, but I forget what—that caused me to stop in the middle of a morning run with Peter and sulk for the rest of the day.
We shared much of the work. When a child was sick, Peter would stay home if it wasn’t a teaching day for him, and I would stay home if it was.
The pride we take in each other’s accomplishments was another reason for our successful marriage. But most of all, we were just plain lucky. We lived in good times, we had good careers and wonderful friends.
The fifty years went by way too fast. Given the chance, I’d live them all over again.
Congratulations to you and Peter!
Posted by: Gail | August 02, 2018 at 11:55 AM
Congratulations - that's really an accomplishment in today's world. My husband and I didn't quite make it. He passed away just a couple of month prior to our 44th anniversary - but I'm so thankful for the years we did have and wouldn't trade them for anything.
Iris
www.IrisOriginalsRamblings.com
Posted by: Iris | August 03, 2018 at 07:13 AM
Congratulations to you and Peter. My wife (Dolly) and I just celebrated our 55th wedding anniversary this past May and I couldn't agree more with your philosophy...sharing. Marriage is a 50-50 proposition. We look forward to whatever each day brings .....together. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Irwin Lengel | August 03, 2018 at 07:49 AM