Friday, September 28, 2007

My parents...

I am so blessed. This past Sunday, September 23, my parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. 40 YEARS!!!!! Can you believe that?

In a day and age of quickie divorces, these two have stayed the course. They haven't had an easy time, either. Aside from the fact that they had three children (two of which are very strong-willed!!!), both of them have dealt with major health issues. They could have easily given up and walked away thinking, "I deserve better than this!", "I don't have to do this kind of stuff!", "I want to be able what I want to do!!!". But they haven't. They have truly modeled a godly marriage to my brother, sister and I.

Are they perfect? No. But they sure have given me an earthly example of what unselfish love looks like. I am so blessed, indeed.

I love you Dad and Mom!!!

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy Anniversary to Dad & Mom!!!

Amy ~ (Life's Small Treasures) said...

Happy Anniversary to your parents! I had to laugh when you said they had 3 children and 2 are strong willed ~Has to be your siblings huh? lol

Have a wonderful day!
~Amy

LBP said...

Happy Anniversary to your Mom and Dad!

What a blessing they must be to your.

Linda

Dawn said...

What a sweet photo of your parents.
Happy 40th to them..and many more!

Anonymous said...

How neat! What a blessing!

Chrissy

Anonymous said...

Ahh. What a wonderful photograph of them to treasure. Blessings on them and a very happy anniversary!

Tammy said...

What a blessing! My parents will celebrate their 33rd anniversary this December. It is a wonderful gift from God to have happily married parents!

Yellow Rose Arbor said...

Today would have been my parents anniversary. They have been in heaven for many years now.

Thank you for your comment on my blog! Yours is very pretty, I like the colorful border!

Katherine

Susan said...

Lovely tribute to your parents.
Susan

Paula said...

What a wonderful heritage!:)

Blessings,
Mrs. C

Paula said...

Mrs. U, how wonderfully sweet-congratulations to your parents! My mother died 2-1/2 months before, what would have been, my parents' 40th wedding anniversary. We were just starting to talk about having a dinner for them.

Blessings,
Paula

Anonymous said...

I was just wondering around and found your blog. Congrats to your parents.
My parents celebrated their 65th & final anniversary this past May. My father went home 7 weeks later. My Mother held his hand as he slipped out of our lives and went ran into the arms of his Savior. Just as he would have wanted it.

Betty said...

Congratulations to your Mom and Dad...My husband and I have been married 47 years......

Thank you for visiting with me..Betty

Jodi said...

Many congratulations to your Mom and Dad, Mrs. U!

Sonya said...

This is an absolutely wonderful picture of your parents! I love it!

Wife of a Soldier said...

What a wonderful example! May God continue to bless them with many more years of bliss! ;)

Darcy said...

That is so sweet and I agree, what a heritage! My husband's grandparents just celebrated their 60th anniversary this month. I just think it is so beautiful!

Wendi said...

What a great example your parents have set for you. Love the picture!

Audrey said...

How very sweet. My husband and I celebrated our 12th anniversary on the 23rd as well. A great day to get married!

Salar37_Shushan said...

Congratulations to your folks!

:))

Susan

Samantha said...

How sweet! Good for them, we need more examples like these!

Anonymous said...

My parents just celebrated their 38th a couple of days ago!

Let's hear it for Mom and Dad!

Sherry

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