May 21, 2008

• 25 Years Ago

   

   

  Twenty-five years ago.  It seems like forever — it seems like a moment.  We were so young, so sure of ourselves and our love.  We knew nothing of the tests we would face.  There were times it would have been easier to give up, but through it all we have hung on.  We have been blessed with so much.  I am so grateful for my patient, generous, impulsive, fidgety, energetic, kind, responsible, trusting and trustworthy husband.  He loves me for who I am, what more could I ask for?

   

  May 21, 1983

     

   

   

   

   

   

  (As for my fashion sense — remember, this was not long after Pricess Di got married!)

   

   

  

  I know this edit is coming long after I originally posted this entry, but I thought I should include an e-mail I got from my niece, Betsey (the little flower girl on the left side of this picture). 

   

  She wrote to me:

   

   

  “I was 7 years old and thought my aunt Leah was the most beautiful woman in the world. I was so excited, because I was going to be a flower girl in her wedding, and my mom told me what an important job that was. I got to wear what HAD to be the best dress EVER – it was TWIRLY!! I had to walk down the aisle and stay in a straight line with my cousins, then be very good and not fidget during the wedding. After the wedding, we got to have cake, which was yummy. We had to take a lot of pictures, and back then that was a lot of fun. My cousins and I twirled and twirled in our beautiful dresses. My mom said now I had a new uncle, which seemed like fun. I felt like a princess all day long, and wished I could be in a wedding every week.

   

  Those are my memories of your wedding day. 25 years is a pretty great feat – I realize that now that I’m married myself. I appreciate so much the examples in our family of couples that still enjoy being married after so many years. It gives me something to look forward to =)

   

  Congrats -  Betsey”

   

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