Tuesday, July 27, 2004
No Reason To Worry
In the last few days my family has expressed the fact that they were sorry they forgot my wedding anniversary. That 30 years is a long time and that it should have been remembered. But even I forgot until half way through the day so it sure didn’t bother me that others also forgot. But this was a good excuse to show you this memory from the 25th anniversary. The cake was made by Wes’ wife Deb and Cindy. The evening was a complete surprise with relatives, friends, neighbors, and co-workers from several years back attending. My children were responsible for the celebration and the gentleman that had married us 25 years before came to preside over the renewal of our vows. My youngest brother and his wife, who stood up with us, came from Florida to be there. This is a memory I will not forget for some of those that were with us that night have now passed on. With this kind of love and sharing I don’t need to have loved ones worry that they forgot one day.
A Debt Unsettled
Some 67 years ago this little girl sat on a scarred piano bench and had her picture taken. She had survived a fall from a second story porch onto a cement platform after a dog had jumped on her and caused the fall. A broken leg and a fractured skull were the results of the accident. The family Doctor said she wouldn’t last the night and he left to go home. But she did survive and the little girl’s daddy said that he would never pay that doctor because he walked away. Both the daddy and the doctor are dead now and the debt was never settled, but those are the things that life is made of. The miracle of a daddy’s faith and a daughter’s will to live that was forgotten until this picture fell out of that same cardboard box in the closet!!
What a life has followed the day that picture was taken. The happiness, the tears, the love, and the fears. I wouldn’t trade them for the world.