Next Monday, Pat and I will celebrate our wedding anniversary. WeweremarriedonJuly 1, 1978 at St. Gregory’s Chapel. That was a Saturday morning.
I’m not sure what our plans will be for that evening since both of us will be working that day at least some, if not most of it. Next week is a little shorter since July 4 is on Thursday.
Probably though we will go out for a nice dinner somewhere.
Haven’t picked out a present for her yet, but in celebrating 46 years of marriage I figure I should get her at least a little something.
I will make sure of that. We were talking with some friends recently and they mentioned that 46 years is a long time. We agreed it is.
As Pat mentioned to them, it’s had its up and downs, but most marriages do. Everything is not all rosy all of the time.
However, I believe the good has far outweighed the bad times. Ours may not necessarily be the perfect marriage, but I’d like for someone to describe what he or she considers a perfect marriage.
We raised our daughter Meghan and she enjoyed a career before she and our son-in-law Terry decided she would be a stay at home mom, at least for several years, once our grandson Liam was born.
She and her husband Terry have been married for nearly nine years.
We always tried to decide what was best for Meghan as she was growing up One of the keys to our marriage I believe is we are willing to work it out when we have a strong difference of opinion. We’re willing to put those differences aside and agree to disagree and go on with our lives.
Meghan is a wonderful young woman and she was not in a hurry to get married. Terry is a great young man as well.
They now are experiencing what it’s like to raise their own child.
What I realized early on as Meghan finished college and took her first job 100 miles away, is we never stopped helping her and since she married and has a child, we still are concerned about her, Terry and little Liam.
I believe that helps Pat and I, too, to be involved in their lives to the extent they want us to be. We are careful not to be overbearing.
I look back and see how long my parents were married before dad died and that was a little more than 34 years. Pat’s parents were married for around 30 years before her father passed away.
Both my grandparents were married for more than 60 years, so there is some longevity with marriages in our family.
As I said, Pat and I have persevered through the tough times and enjoyed the good times. It really has been a good life together.