THE VOWS:
Today we're here to celebrate the 50thanniversary of Mom and Dad 's marriage. Now the actual anniversary is in September; but Summer is the best time for all of us to be together. So, on behalf of them I say, “Thank you for being here to witness this day”
We are talking about Half a Century!!
How did they do it?
They say, “the secret is partnership and devotion”
The story goes that Mom knew Dad was “the one” at first sight. Then it was just a matter of getting him to know it too… (From my experience I know the women in this family can be dangerous once they set their minds to something.) 5 1/2 weeks after their first date, they were married.
They have been a team since Day 1. No matter the situation – finances, child rearing, career decisions, where to live, what to do, and any other thing that may have come up. “Discuss behind closed doors, come to an agreement, then move forward” that’s their mantra. Good times, bad times, sad times, even some frightening times. Each challenge met together, resulting is a bond that has not broken in 50 successful years!
What a testament to love, marriage, and family!
Before Mom and Dad exchange their vows, they have asked me to read a few lines of the bible that were recited at their first wedding in 1968.
Gen: 2, 23-24 reads, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
Now the vows:
Mom, do you promise to rededicate yourself to Dad, to be a partner and helpmate forever and ever? And she wants me to say: this is with the understanding that you will be together until the end of time?
Dad, do you promise to rededicate yourself to Mom, to be a partner and helpmate forever and ever? And this is with the understanding that you will be together until the end of time?
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