On August 2nd we celebrated our parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. It was low key, intimate and lots of fun. What a legacy my parents are leaving for their kids and for their grand kids. Rocket Man and I married late, had a handful of kids and wonder if anyone will marry young so that we’ll see grand kids.
Aren’t they a handsome couple? 50 years.
Wow.
I wonder if they know what a wonderful example they are of God’s unfailing love for us?
They’ve stuck together through the good times, the fun times, they somehow managed to raise us and we turned out ok. Having four of my own I know what an accomplishment that is. I don’t know how my mom did it with my dad traveling as he did for a while. They’ve survived poor times, wealthy times, sick times, healthy times, skinny times, no-so-skinny times, active times, and sedentary times.
They’ve survived.
By the grace of God and the will of them both they have survived.
They’ve survived life.
With all it’s hard knocks, it’s ups and downs. They’ve survived.
I hope my husband and I can be the same kind example to our kids. That we won’t screw them up too badly. That God will fill in all the gaping holes. That he will love and call each one to Himself. And that my kids will know Him as a loving and compassionate God that loves the whole. The sin, the good, the bad, that makes up each one of us.
Here are the flowers dad gave mom:
Here are the kids Ipod-ing it before dinner…
The dinner:
The Gang minus me (behind camera) and my brother and sister in law who live very far away right now. WE missed you guys!!
The other half of the table:
The cake (compliments of my sister)
Look at all that chocolate!!!!! I could have bathed in it.
Happy 50 years mom and dad!!!
I hope you have 50 more!
Love…….
Mmmmmm that cake does look divine!
I did go ahead and Google 'Classical Conversations' after I read your post yesterday. It sounds great! I hope that it blessses you and your children and frees them up in their learning. Sounds like a very Charlotte Mason way of learning…….which is what we do.