30 YEARS and Counting

I haven't posted in several weeks. Procrastination is a fault of mine. But I'll tell what's not a fault and that's my choice of wife. 30 years ago today my wife, Loretta, and I got married in Stone Mountain, GA. about two miles from where my parents lived. A small service but a lot of great friends and relatives were present. We had a very modest honeymoon at one of my best friends parents lake house at Lake Hartwell. We actually spent one day at Six Flags. I was still in Chiropractic school at the time. We had a teeny apartment in Smyrna, noisy but it worked. We had the typical "getting used to living with someone" struggles but she worked hard at getting our life together on the right road. I made my profession of faith in Jesus Christ during those early months and I believe that is where our stability has come from. We do have great role models too. Loretta's folks were married for over 50 years before her father's death, her sister and brother have been married nearly 40 years each, my parents were married over 40 years before my mom's death and dad has been married another 16 years to my step mom. My sister has been married nearly 36 years and my brother for 29 years. I pray for the same longevity for my Kids. It's not always peaches and cream but there are more times than not that I still see Loretta as that same sweet, fun, funny, gooooood looking girl I met in college in 1976.
Our first daughter was born on our first year anniversary so today is her 29Th birthday. I also opened my first chiropractic practice on July 7, 1980. Needless to say I was not there that first day. Every 15 months or there about for the next 3 years we had our next 2 children. 3 kids in less than 4 years. That got us growing up quick. As of now, I would not have wanted it any other way. They are 3 wonderful daughters that we love very much and we are very proud of all of them. I'm mostly touched by their closeness and love for each other. A prayer answered.
We all love to sit around and tell the same stories over and over again and laugh again and again. We had fun and I feel we did a good job bringing these girls up. There are a lot of memories in thirty years, some wonderful, some not so wonderful. But they are our memories that I will cherish to the day it's time to go home to be with my Lord. Thank you to all of you that have been a part of our lives for the last 30 years. Please---be a part of the next 30 to 50 years.