I watched my mom get away from her natural red hair to a Champaign color. I didn’t like it after that. I vowed I would never dye my strawberry blonde hair. Now the majority of my hair is on the gray side. I’m fine with that! When the bright colors were popular I still had no desire for a hair...
We didn’t have a fancy toy like this. We used a small cup in the middle of the kitchen table. We tried to get our tiddledywinks ( kinda the size of poker chips ), would take one and try to flip the one on the table into the cup! A bunch of hours went by while playing this game.
We make our own celebrations. We were married on September 10. We acknowledge that every month on the 10th. We do a little something special each month. Sometimes it’s just slipping a short love note in a shirt or pant pocket. Just so we can remember the day. On our actual anniversary date, we...
My situation is different. I was medically discharged from federal civil service in the late 1980’s. We are both veterans which is how we met. He retired in August 2015. More than 5 years ago we were exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning for seven months. We had said our last goodbyes to each...
My story isn’t the same but we feel the same pain. We married 53 years come Sep 10, 1972. My parents made it special for us with my dad giving me away and my 2 brothers. My older brother was the best man and my younger brother as a groomsman. Nobody mentioned anything when we had our 25th...