"Hi Folks:

I can't really say why I bought this card over the others. They had plenty of beautiful cards with nice flowery phrases. There are a lot of things to be said about 50 years of marriage. It's not all happiness and bliss for sure, but then it (marriage) wasn't meant to be. I think for the good time to be appreciated one must experience a few lows. Like the little kid in the swing, one has to pass through the low points to gain enough strength & momentum to enjoy the highs. Some people have a difficult time learning that the cycles and swings of life are what life is all about. Nobody can stay at the top of the swing. Lesson of life are things our parents teach us. Not what we can get for ourselves, but how we make the trip. Where we set our sights; how we choose which values we embrace. Not everybody's values and opinions are the same, but as long as one truly believes in those values and pursues them with conviction and determination, they will reach the high points they strive for. Now, what all this has to do with50 years of marriage and swings is the face that as children never cease being children; parents never cease to be parents and children never cease learning from them and drawing strength from them; so that's why I can truly say that after 46 years, I really do have the highest swing in the world.

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad

Love Bill" 

Me: "Is that what people do when they see something beautiful?"

"Yes, tears of joy."

Age 5 years, 3 mos.

She was remaking the word "LOVE" which she recently destroyed on my office cork board. She told me to pretend that she made it and to act surprised when I saw it.

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