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32 years ago today...
32 years! Way cool! I hope you get that island trip this fall. My congratulations, JT, not just on finding the love of your life but in having the good sense to keep her and let her know!
Old Dineh blessing 'May you walk in harmony with beauty all about you'
Old Dineh blessing 'May you walk in harmony with beauty all about you'
Its been a hell of a ride, destination still unknown!
. Great pictures, great story!
Thanks all for the nice comments and wishes! I was looking back through old photo albums and I found this pic that BT took of the bus, and me, on the Ocracoke Ferry on that trip. It was a pretty cool perspective. As to the bus; hey whadda ya want for a hundred bucks?:
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Rachelle & Joe
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32 yrs. ago today
That is Fantastic! Congrats to you Both ! love the pics !
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greyhoundmom wrote:JT, what a beautiful lady! And you aren't too hard to look at in a 70's sort of way! I can say that because we were married in 72 and 37 years later...I still like him a lot!! Congrats and thanks for posting the cool pics!!
Unfortunately there's a lot more of me to look at these days, with a lot less hair! BT hasn't changed a bit though
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Happy anniversary Ts-
Did you know that it's really true that love makes the world go round? This has been confirmed now. It really is love that makes the world go round. Thanks for doing your part to keep things going.
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves."
My wife and I didn't meet until after we'd already put some miles on and been around quite a few blocks quite a few times. I sometimes wish we'd spent our whole lives together, but had we met earlier, I would probably have screwed things up. I can be kind of a slow learner. I'm fortunate that I'd learned some hard lessons very well before meeting her. The thought of a life without her is so bleak and empty. I want a lot more time, really almost only because I want to spend much more time with her.
I've noticed that if I'm watching a nature program, I'm always kind of impressed by animals that mate for life. I suddenly feel different about an animal if I learn that they mate for life. I'm much less impressed by animals that battle for mates than I am by those that settle into a lifelong relationship. There are some swan couples at a pond nearby and I enjoy watching them and thinking about them. I feel a sort of kinship. We're married, too. It's very precious to us, too, and we also take it very seriously.
I got curious about how swans select partners. It seems like a very serious matter if they're to be lifelong partners. There's such a finality to it. Divorce or separation or even abandonment isn't a possibility. Once linked, it really is forever. Pretty serious stuff. Seems you'd want to be very sure. So I don't know. Is it as simple as the first swans that see each other on the first morning in spring? Or is there a careful search, evaluating characteristics highly valued by swans?
Or do they simply see one another and somehow just recognize one another, even though they've never seen each other before? Just an odd, but certain sense of "Oh!! There you are. It's you." It's just clear and obvious. I think that's the way it may work.
It was something like that when my wife and I finally found each other. A sense of "Oh, there she is. It's her." I don't know how I knew, but I don't think I've ever been more certain about anything in my life. And through the years there have been times of craziness and conflict, but before too long the balance is restored and again there's a feeling of certainty, of being whole and complete. I'm very fortunate. I'm happy and I'm happy for you. Happy anniversary. May you have many, many more.
And jeez, I loved your photos. They stir up such rich, pleasant memories. I'm pretty happy with my life but there are times when I long for yesterday.
Did you know that it's really true that love makes the world go round? This has been confirmed now. It really is love that makes the world go round. Thanks for doing your part to keep things going.
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves."
My wife and I didn't meet until after we'd already put some miles on and been around quite a few blocks quite a few times. I sometimes wish we'd spent our whole lives together, but had we met earlier, I would probably have screwed things up. I can be kind of a slow learner. I'm fortunate that I'd learned some hard lessons very well before meeting her. The thought of a life without her is so bleak and empty. I want a lot more time, really almost only because I want to spend much more time with her.
I've noticed that if I'm watching a nature program, I'm always kind of impressed by animals that mate for life. I suddenly feel different about an animal if I learn that they mate for life. I'm much less impressed by animals that battle for mates than I am by those that settle into a lifelong relationship. There are some swan couples at a pond nearby and I enjoy watching them and thinking about them. I feel a sort of kinship. We're married, too. It's very precious to us, too, and we also take it very seriously.
I got curious about how swans select partners. It seems like a very serious matter if they're to be lifelong partners. There's such a finality to it. Divorce or separation or even abandonment isn't a possibility. Once linked, it really is forever. Pretty serious stuff. Seems you'd want to be very sure. So I don't know. Is it as simple as the first swans that see each other on the first morning in spring? Or is there a careful search, evaluating characteristics highly valued by swans?
Or do they simply see one another and somehow just recognize one another, even though they've never seen each other before? Just an odd, but certain sense of "Oh!! There you are. It's you." It's just clear and obvious. I think that's the way it may work.
It was something like that when my wife and I finally found each other. A sense of "Oh, there she is. It's her." I don't know how I knew, but I don't think I've ever been more certain about anything in my life. And through the years there have been times of craziness and conflict, but before too long the balance is restored and again there's a feeling of certainty, of being whole and complete. I'm very fortunate. I'm happy and I'm happy for you. Happy anniversary. May you have many, many more.
And jeez, I loved your photos. They stir up such rich, pleasant memories. I'm pretty happy with my life but there are times when I long for yesterday.
Lex, Thanks for sharing your story,too. Very touching.Lex wrote:Happy anniversary Ts-
And jeez, I loved your photos. They stir up such rich, pleasant memories. I'm pretty happy with my life but there are times when I long for yesterday.
Speaking of memories, I was looking at the books on the mantel shelf behind me. There was amongst others: The Tolkien Reader,The Hobbit, Eldridge Cleaver's "Soul On Ice", The Teachings Of Don Juan, Kibran's "The Prophet", Professor Hammerfinger's Indestructable Toys, Autobiography Of A Yogi, Ann Rand's "The Fountainhead" the first Foxfire Book and Hemmingway's "Farewell To Arms". No wonder I'm such a space-case, eh?
When you find yourself in a hole.... quit digging.
I'm missing Autobiography Of A Yogi...Speaking of memories, I was looking at the books on the mantel shelf behind me. There was amongst others: The Tolkien Reader,The Hobbit, Eldridge Cleaver's "Soul On Ice", The Teachings Of Don Juan, Kibran's "The Prophet", Professor Hammerfinger's Indestructable Toys, Autobiography Of A Yogi, Ann Rand's "The Fountainhead" the first Foxfire Book and Hemmingway's "Farewell To Arms". No wonder I'm such a space-case, eh?
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Jo Ann - VA
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Lex - what you said about your wife and your marriage is wonderful. It's something most of us wish our significant other would say about us.
You're one deep guy Lex!
You're one deep guy Lex!
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Always planning the next vacation...
Always planning the next vacation...
