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Monday, May 05, 2003
Wedded Bliss
Yesterday was my grandaparents 50th wedding anniversary. They hosted a wonderful dinner for our whole family at a very nice restaurant in a nearby town. My Grandpa looked so handsome and regal dressed to the nines in his very best suit. My Grandma looked radiant and beautiful in her cream satin and lace dress. They looked so happy and proud! It was a lovely day.
They requested that we not give them gifts, other than our presence on their special day. Mostly, we abided by their wishes. They, however, had different plans. After we had all finished dessert, my Grandpa presented each of his children with several wrapped gifts. The first was a beautiful leather bound scrapbook filled with family memoribilia. The family tree was completed many generations back, birth, marriage, and death certificates were included, along with lots and lots of family pictures. I come from good looking stock if I may say so myself. :) Then, they each opened a collection of brand-new-from-the-mint coins from their marriage year(1953). Nice. Then each child and their spouse were each given an envelope with a sizable cash gift in it. Very sizable. Each person present was also presented with a 1953 fifty cent piece to symbolize their fifty years together. Each granchild and their spouse was also given a generous cash gift. Each great grandchild was given a small cash gift. So much for no gifts. LOL
We took pictures, had drinks and talked about times past. It is a wonderful gift to have such a great example of marriage in my very own family. They are great friends, wonderful partners, and yes, still even lovers. I am so proud of them for all that they have accomplished. They had six children in eight years. My Grandma was a SAHM until the youngest was in school full-time. She then went to work for an accountign firm in town. My Grandpa worked at a local factory for forty years until retirement. They were a typical midwestern 1950's family.
My Grandparents now spend their days together in retirement. My Grandma still gets up at six each morning to put coffee on for Grandpa that she will take to him in the bedroom to wake up with while she cooks bacon and eggs. After breakfast, he goes golfing while she is off to the volunteer at the church, the hospital thrift shop, or Twig. They rejoin in the afternoon befoer they head off to any given grandchild's sporting, musical, academic, etc event. Then, home for an evening of TV and reading. They enjoy it all.
I am blessed to have them for my Grandparents! Happy Anniversary!
Note to self: Love is friendship. Love is understanding. Love is patience. Marriage is work.
Yesterday was my grandaparents 50th wedding anniversary. They hosted a wonderful dinner for our whole family at a very nice restaurant in a nearby town. My Grandpa looked so handsome and regal dressed to the nines in his very best suit. My Grandma looked radiant and beautiful in her cream satin and lace dress. They looked so happy and proud! It was a lovely day.
They requested that we not give them gifts, other than our presence on their special day. Mostly, we abided by their wishes. They, however, had different plans. After we had all finished dessert, my Grandpa presented each of his children with several wrapped gifts. The first was a beautiful leather bound scrapbook filled with family memoribilia. The family tree was completed many generations back, birth, marriage, and death certificates were included, along with lots and lots of family pictures. I come from good looking stock if I may say so myself. :) Then, they each opened a collection of brand-new-from-the-mint coins from their marriage year(1953). Nice. Then each child and their spouse were each given an envelope with a sizable cash gift in it. Very sizable. Each person present was also presented with a 1953 fifty cent piece to symbolize their fifty years together. Each granchild and their spouse was also given a generous cash gift. Each great grandchild was given a small cash gift. So much for no gifts. LOL
We took pictures, had drinks and talked about times past. It is a wonderful gift to have such a great example of marriage in my very own family. They are great friends, wonderful partners, and yes, still even lovers. I am so proud of them for all that they have accomplished. They had six children in eight years. My Grandma was a SAHM until the youngest was in school full-time. She then went to work for an accountign firm in town. My Grandpa worked at a local factory for forty years until retirement. They were a typical midwestern 1950's family.
My Grandparents now spend their days together in retirement. My Grandma still gets up at six each morning to put coffee on for Grandpa that she will take to him in the bedroom to wake up with while she cooks bacon and eggs. After breakfast, he goes golfing while she is off to the volunteer at the church, the hospital thrift shop, or Twig. They rejoin in the afternoon befoer they head off to any given grandchild's sporting, musical, academic, etc event. Then, home for an evening of TV and reading. They enjoy it all.
I am blessed to have them for my Grandparents! Happy Anniversary!
Note to self: Love is friendship. Love is understanding. Love is patience. Marriage is work.