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We were young when we started out....together.... We spent the days learning about each other and fell in love.
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We knew that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives....together. There was still so much for us to learn.
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You learned how to fix things.......
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I learned how to cook.
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Then we knew we just had to raise children.....together. We still had so much to learn.
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You learned to be a good father.
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I learned to be a good mother.
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We didn't always agree, but we learned to accept our differences and to be happy....together...
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Together......we watched over our little family,
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and made sweet memories......together.
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Then we had to learn the hardest lesson to learn yet..... to let go....together.
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Together.....through sickness, happy times, heartbreak, and hard times,
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we have learned to work together and build each other up.
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Together, we reflect on the happy life we formed
and ....together....we look down the road at what is to come.
After 26 years....together....
you're still the one.
Happy Anniversary!
April 26
32 comments:
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wonderful tribute to a solid marriage - and reflecting back on a time so few people seem to believe really existed - Norman Rockwell painted what I lived growing up - bless y'all -
What a great tribute to no small feat- 26 years!
Congratulations! :)
What a special tribute, and those pictures are so telling of the years in between the first and the 26th. Happy Anniversery
By the way I love the new title to your blog and your lay-out. Thanks for posting my blog on yours.
Blessings!
Very sweet tribute! and congradulations! I know the feeling.... my husband and I have 30 yrs and still very much in love!!
What a wonderful tribute!
Happy Anniversary and I wish you many more blessed years together!
What a sweet post! Happy Anniversary.
Happy Anniversary of 26 years. I enjoyed each picture and caption!
Your new name is a good idea! It will be fun to see it all..right here!
Happy Anniversary you two!
What a nice post! I'm a huge Rockwell fan, but you made it personal. Lives well lived and wonderful family memories!
Love those Norman Rockwell pictures! Very sweet. And a Huge Happy Anniversary to you and your hubby!!
Happy 26th Anniversary!
We are going on 34 years here, so I understand all you wrote.
Love your Norman Rockwell pictures. They were just right!
Have a great day.
Pam
This is the best anniversary post I've ever come across!
Happy Anniversery you two!!♥
How lovely, Happy Anniversary to you both !
Happy Anniversary! Very cute and touching post.
What a darling post! Happy Anniversary and wishes for many more wonderful years together...hugs, Linda
Happy Anniversary! What a delightful post you have created. I wish you at least 26 more.
Happy anniversary. In a way, it doesn't seem like that long, but in a way, it seems like you've always been together.
SO SWEET and SO PERFECTLY TOLD!
We were married in '81 so we're right up there with you!
Congrats to the both of you!
XOXO
Joni
What a sweet post , happy anniversary! love the Norman Rockwell prints!
A very happy anniversary wish to you both.
Kathleen, you said that so well! Together, we can make it, my Sweetie and me.
Kathleen ,
This is so sweet and so cute, Happy Anniversary, to you both.
Blessings,
Sue
So sweet!! I love love the pictures you put with the words-just perfect. Happy Anniversery to you both!!
Oh, how cute! Happy anniversary, what a sweet way to share about your love for each other! :)
Blessings to you!
Such a lovely post! Happy Anniversary!! ~Mandy
Happy Anniversay! What a lovely post...I smiled with each and every picture and comment! I have been married almost 40 years (next month) and felt your post was just such an honest picture of a marriage!
Great post. Happy Anniversary.
Judy
Beautiful post, Kathleen! I LOVE the Norman Rockwell pictures- they went along perfect with your words!
Congratulations to you both and Happy (belated) Anniversary!
What a beautiful post:-) Happy Anniversery.
Rhonda
Congratulations!!! That is quite an accomplishment in this day and age.....Her are to 26 more years!!!!
Happy Belated Anniversary to you, Kathleen. What a wonderful post! I really enjoyed this one. Especially liked the learned to be a mother picture. HA HA! :D
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