Their 50th, Our 7th!

Yesterday was my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary! That just amazes me because they don’t "look" like my idea of people who have been married that long. I guess my idea comes from an old photo of my great-grandparents on their 50th. This was way back in the early or mid 50’s I’m guessing and back then if a couple made it that long, they even got a key to the city! And they both looked pretty ancient in the photo even though they were only in their early 70’s. Nowadays, people of that age are still active and enjoying life! In fact, my in-laws just recently got another motorcycle and have been taking short road trips on it! Wow! OK, so my mom-in-law had to be peeled off the bike the first time out, but hey, they were on it! LOL!

And today is our 7th anniversary. It’s funny because I have always been really good with dates, I could remember anything. But I could NOT remember the date of our wedding for the life of me! People would get a kick out of the fact that in our marriage, if they asked me how long we’d been married, I would have to look at Dennis for help! LOL! Luckily Dennis never got offended, he would just laugh.

But it made me start wondering why I couldn’t remember it. I think it’s because it didn’t mean anything. By that I mean that in my mind, it was just for the rest of our lives so who needs markers? With my first marriage, it was always a big deal to me. That somehow the passage of years proved our decision to marry to be right. The only thing it really proved though was how good I was at living in denial! For 17 years, I lived with heartbreak and disappointment.

But not this time. This time, we just live our lives married and after 7 years, our only regret is that we didn’t find each other earlier! However, if we had, there would be 5 kids out there that would have had a much rougher time of it. Three of our kids would never have made it through the foster care system, they were too far gone and would have been separated since together they were lethal! LOL! But somehow, with Dennis, and 5 years later with me, we gave them a calm home life and while they still struggle, they at least got farther in life than they would have without us. I honestly believe that. I also think that life experience may have helped us in this marriage. Who knows if we would have made it back when we were young and had other things to do in our lives first? And God knows if I hadn’t been married for 17 years to my ex, I would never have had the patience and understanding to deal with these crazy street kids! I would have just walked away in horror!

And it was good for Alysia too…no matter what she says! LOL! I never wanted her to be an only child and by God she’s not now!!! And of course she never would have found her love had she stayed in NH . So, all I know is that we got married 7 yrs ago, and whether it’s 7 days or 70 years, it’s for life so who cares what the milemarkers are?

So Happy Anniversary to us! Today we are grilling ribeyes on the barbeque (my honey is the MASTER of the grill…Mmmmmmm!) to celebrate. We also have a bottle of wine to make it even more romantic. Now we just have to hope none of the kids decide to wander in to wreck the mood! Steven does seem to have the absolute worst timing for that! Grrr. lol. But other than that, my house is already clean and laundry’s caught up so I think I will go play in my sewing room and see if I can make myself another dress:) Oh yes, I had broken my sewing machine last week and spent the day really bummed out thinking it was going to be a big deal to get it fixed, but I should have known better. Dennis came home and had it just like new within half an hour! Yay! My hero!

So that’s it for now. I think I am forgetting some other news but it escapes me at the moment. Oh well, I’m off to get the steaks out and to enjoy the day!