42 Years ago today, my husband and I got married. I was 16 and he was 17 and to say we knew what marriage was at that point would be a lie. Somehow over these 42 years we have learned what marriage is and we keep learning all the time. We were poor when we got married. He had an old 62 Buick for a car. He had a job and I cant remember what he made but he worked on trash trucks so Im pretty sure it wasnt very much. Our parents were just middle class folks, with not much money to pass on to us but that was never an issue to us. We always knew that somehow we would get by. In those 42 years, things got very tough some times, but not once did we ever have to go on the dole. I dont know how we got through some of the rough times but we did. We have been together through the loss of our grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, and a few friends. I would be a liar to say that it was easy because it isnt. I dont think life is meant to be easy. What doesnt kill you will make you stronger and I grew into my marriage as a young girl to now, at this point, an aging woman. We have raised our family together, tried to give our kids what they needed in life, and most of all to teach them, not to just give up when things get hard, and I believe they have learned that lesson. Ken and I have been very lucky that our children and our grandchildren grew up, healthy and happy. We have been lucky ourselves in that we have been healthy enough to work and lucky enough to always be able to have a decent place to live and good friends and family for moral support. We are not perfect people, we made lots of mistakes in our lives together but who doesnt and who hasnt and who wont. There are no books on how to have the perfect life because I dont think its possible. The most you can hope for is a blessed life and I believe that is what we have had and hopefully will continue to have, a Blessed Life. So to any young folks, or even older ones, that wonder if a happy marriage is possible, I can only say yes, but you have to be willing to work at it, to work on yourself, to compromise and most of all, Love. Thank You to my husband, Kenneth Farr for showing and proving his love to me through these years and I hope that we will be blessed for a few more. We still have a lot of stuff in the barn and basement we need to clean out.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:38:31 +0000
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