43 YEARS OF SEASONS

At 8:00 p.m. tonight, it will be 43 years ago The Husband and I said "I do" in our wedding ceremony.  43 years of seasons.

Yes, it's been seasons of:

learning

growing

sickness

health

plenty

want

laughter

tears

sorrow

joy

celebration

grief

and so much more.  If it had been any different, I don't think it would have been real life.  Forty-three years later, I love him more than I did on that wedding day.  

As we celebrated our anniversary at our favorite higher dollar restaurant, I was doing my order from the Lunch Menu as that restaurant allows that menu all day for ages 62 and up.  As I began to order, the little waitress said, "Uh, ma'am...that's the lunch menu.  We have to use the dinner menu now."  I replied, "But it says 62 and up all day."  And she surprised, replied, "You are that age?  You don't look it."  I thought I might have to be ID'd for a plate of stuffed crab.   And of course, that compliment was a nice gift for me.  Duh.  A girl likes to be told she looks young but a girl also likes the discounted lunch menu all day.  :)  After that we told her we were celebrating our anniversary and she wanted to know the secret of a long marriage.  (She was even younger than I was when I married.)  The reply was a no brainer....put Jesus first and love your spouse.  

Because a picture is worth a thousand words, here's three thousand words...

I didn't love this picture at first because all I saw was my double chin, then I saw the joy and the double chin didn't matter.

Real life now....

Consider the joy.....