50 Years of Marriage!

Congratulations today to Bill & Hope on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary!
Bill is my older and only brother. He is a retired businessman with a successful career in sales. Hope is a homemaker and also worked in department store sales for a number of years. What impresses me about this couple is their commitment and love for each other even with quite differing personalities. Also, back in the 80’s they decided to move to Europe and ended up working in Germany, England and Holland for a number of years. That was quite an impressive adventure which they not only survived but even thrived on. As Bill wrote yesterday, it’s a pity we can’t live closer, allowing time to sit on the porch and reminisce. We look forward to doing that not too many years off. But for now it was fun thinking how we could honor this couple on their Golden. First, we snail-mailed a card from Brazil which they received yesterday. Good timing! Next was an email letter telling why we think they are such special people. Then, to top it off, we wired a bouquet of fall flowers that arrived on their doorstep this morning. Certainly they deserve all this and more, for staying the course for 50 whole years together.