[Magdalen] 50 years of marriage

[Jay Weigel]

My parents married three days after Christmas in 1940 and remained married
until my dad's death in March of 2010.



On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 11:52 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> You two make God smile.
>
> Love to you both, and congratulations!
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
> > On Jan 25, 2018, at 7:30 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 25/01/2018 21:35, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> >> John and I are celebrating 50 years of marriage on Saturday, January
> 27th.
> >> Our children are all coming to town to give us a bbq dinner at our
> church.
> >> Good friends and other family members will celebrate with us.  Photos
> will
> >> be on FB next week.
> >>
> >> We were 20 and 21 when we married.  We had 'gone steady' since I was 12
> and
> >> John was 13....with one year off along the way.  Each of us had two
> years
> >> of college under our belts.   My father wouldn't give us a wedding
> until I
> >> had 'some kind of work to fall back on to support myself since our
> wedding
> >> would not last.'   What a wild ride, up and down, all around, even while
> >> keeping on the path.  Here's to the next 50, one year at a time.
> >>
> >> Celebrate with us!
> >
> > You clearly showed you could beat the odds, as if staying close through
> all the turmoil of adolescence were not enough. Congratulations and I
> assume there will be great celebrations at Good Shepherd this coming
> weekend.
> >
> > Roger
>
>