The Anniversary

50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - AUGUST 25, 2012 - SILVERTON, COLORADO

 

Most couples that we know have a party either given by their children or a project given by both the couple as well as their children.  Eddie and I did not want the status quo, therefore we planned a trip to ride the trails in Silverton, Colorado.  What more could want to clap their hands and sing sweet songs of happiness than trees rustling in the wind, mountains reaching to the sky, or the sound of the water rippling along the cliffs and banks of the river. God's creation was in any direction one chose to look.  There were no cards of congratulations, no frills only the two of us together that knew the road that brought us this far and the driver that guided us along that road.  We give unconditional praise to the Lord for all we have, all we are, where we have been and where he has brought us from.  He alone deserves the credit and praise that on this day we stood together in a loving embrace thanking him for his mercy and grace that we were here.

Sadness comes over me when I think that the ones we would have shared our joy would not have been able to come had we celebrated in a party at home.  You see half of them are already home with the Lord.  One left the day we set out on our journey to Silverton.  I hope our children will not feel cheated, but when they reach their special day then I want the same for them.  Just to be together where you both want to be to remember where you began. It may seem selfish but it was my gift to my husband who never wants to be in the lime light anywhere.

We had our friends the Flannigns to ride the trails with and share the joy of the beauty of Silverton.  They went home and left us on our special day and we explored the river, climbed the mountain and crossed the creek to get there.  Eddie carved our names and the date of our wedding on a tree among some other names previously carved.  We attempted to dance in the back of our horse trailer turned into camper to the strands of "May I have this dance for the rest of my life," by Anne Murray.  It is our song.  Although neither of us can dance we tried just because I had mentioned one time earlier in the year that I wanted to have an anniversary dance just the two of us.  Awkward as it was it will always be a special memory in my life because Eddie chose to make the memory for me.  I thought he was reading his bible on his computer until I heard the music.  

It was a special memory and I hope we will be able to share many more.  Next year maybe we will let the kids come celebrate with us.....