30th Wedding Anniversary!

Bud and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary last week!

We went to Malta! We'll post about that later.  

 30 years . . .

You start to realize what a rare thing it is to be married for 30 years,

after you have hit the 30 year mark!

I feel so blessed to have found this remarkable man.

 I joke about how he drives me crazy, and its true.

He reminds me that men never really grow up, 

that they're kids at heart.

He makes me laugh, everyday!  

Seriously, he is one of the funniest people I know.

Bud, though, is a very, very moral person.

He is honest, faithful and devoted.

He tells me that I am beautiful,

which with almost 50 years of living on my face

and hanging around my middle, I appreciate it.

Bud is wise, smart and has oodles of common sense.

He has nursed me through a couple of serious illnesses.

Cooked, cleaned, held me when I struggled,

and told me to buck up when I needed it.

When I am tacky, naughty or just plain thoughtless,

he lets me know, just like any good spouse would.

He wants me to be the person that he sees me as.

Bud works extremely hard at everything he does,

and he has passed that on to our kids.

Speaking of kids, ours could not ask for a better father.

He would play with them, work with them,

teach them how to be good people.

Every night before bed, he either told them a story

about when he was growing up

(their favorite) or read them stories.  

Clear up until they were in their teens.  They love this about him.

Bud taught our kids to love God, their country and freedom.

How to make good choices and to recognize

how blessed their lives are.

Now they are teaching their children these important truths!

I look at this picture, and smile.

Look at the hope and excitement!

Is marriage this easy?

NO!

At times, it is one of the hardest, trying and soul stretching things you will ever do.

Yet it is also the most easy, natural, right experience a person can have.

But you have to fight for this experience.

You stick it out when it gets hard,

you celebrate it when its great,

and you work at it when its mundane.
You bite your tongue when unkind thoughts come to mind.
It is hard to take back hurt feelings!
You let go of the negative. Just like that. Don't hang on to it!

You realize that boring, unexciting and routine

is when marriage is at its best. Its real!

You are comfortable with the day to day and

are glad that there isn't any drama.

Steady, strong and healthy.

We married for time and all eternity!

I look forward to the future!