8 September 2012

Today we are celebrating 43 years since the day we said I do.

This past month, since DH’s horrible muscle cramping in his neck, and the slow healing that is happening, has made us both love each other more. Marriage is a relationship that is a continual work in progress. Through sickness and health, good times and bad, for richer or poorer.

I’ve got baby back ribs (from the freezer that were on sale a few months ago), in the crockpot. I browned them first in the oven, 15 min. each side, then put them in the crockpot with a jar of hot pepper peach preserves mixed with a bit of cranberry sauce on the top. By the time I get home from work, they should be about ready and smelling wonderful. Potato salad is chilling in the fridge, and I’ve a can of Bush’s Bold and Spicy baked beans to open and heat, and some dinner rolls in the freezer to heat up too. We will start out with a celebratory margarita.

Below are some thoughts on marriage.

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Chains do not hold a marriage together. 

It is threads,

hundreds of tiny threads

which sew people together through the years. 

Simone Signoret

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A successful marriage requires falling in love many times,

always with the same person. 

Mignon McLaughlin

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There is no more lovely,

friendly and charming relationship,

communion or company

than a good marriage. 

Martin Luther

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Come, let's be a comfortable couple and take care of each other! 

How glad we shall be,

that we have somebody we are fond of always,

to talk to and sit with. 

Charles Dickens

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Our wedding was many years ago. 

The celebration continues to this day. 

Gene Perret

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Celebrate love in your life.

Cherish it, nurture and relish  it.

Be thankful.

FlowerLady Lorraine