On June 8, 2013 two of my favorite people in the entire world celebrate a rare and wonderful milestone. My parents, Greg and Carol have been married for 50 years!
These two people have blessed me with a fun, exciting, and loving upbringing. To this day, they still help me with the basics of growing up. They share their wisdom, patience, love, and kindness with me and the rest of our extended family as well as a plethora of friends around the globe. They deserve much happiness and love from all of us.
So what does it take to be married to someone for 50 years? Who knows. I’m not sure there is a formula—except the basics like love, trust, generosity, kindness, laughter, joy, forgiveness. You know what that sounds like to me? The fruit of the Spirit. These two souls have God’s Spirit working in them and through them and it shows.
My dad and my mom probably have some other words of wisdom on how they’ve stayed together for so long. Maybe some selective hearing, some earplugs, some giving up of the remote control and so forth. All I know is that I love them and I am so glad they are taking care of each other.
Congratulations mom and dad!!
Below are some photos from their wedding. I can see some of my cousins in there plus and aunt and uncle and some grandparents. The wedding photographer was a friend who took some shots for them and the getaway hot rod mobile is there—the thing that made dad look “cool” back then, I’m sure.
Aunt Elaine and Uncle Johnny and cousins with Mom.
Mom with grandpa Crowe
The Wedding Party.
The explaining starts today, the selective hearing starts tomorrow
The new Mrs Carol and Mr. Greg Crowe
With Grandma Andrews.
The hot ride!
Mom and grandpa Crowe
From the Observation Deck 