Thirty years ago today, October 7, 1978, I was in a white dress and veil walking down the isle to say I do to the love of my life, Donnie. Just months before, I had broken off an engagement with another guy that I had dated for probably 1.5 years. Donnie had also just been through a prior fairly long relationship where there had been talk of marriage. It is at this time of my reminiscing that I am glad that those prayers I prayed to God to be with the one prior to Donnie went unanswered. Donnie, too, had prayed and prayed about being with his prior girlfriend. They had planned to grow old and gray together and he was quite devastated when she broke things off with him, but you see, God had another plan… It started one night when my sister wanted me to go with her to her boyfriend, Melvin’s church to meet a friend of his. She was telling me how goodlooking she thought this guy was and how she felt we would be perfect for each other. I still wasn’t over my boyfriend, but I went along wit...
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mtrib2 said... I wish you and your family a good after Thanksgiving rememberance. I recall the Thanksgivings we had when our big family was together and sometimes it was at my Aunt and Uncle's farm. An old farm house with one room that had sliding doors that seperated it from the house. It was the dining room, or special room as in days of old. The house had a porch running around it and very narrow stairs going upstairs to two small bedrooms only. My cousin Billy was in one room and his parents in the other. There had to be one more room for Sherry when they all lived there when we were children. There was a big old kitchen, and then a parlor, or living room. Other years we had Thanksgiving in Peoria IL or in Joliet IL where my family lived. I shared a very nice dinner this year with my neighbors family. mark/salty
mtrib2 said... I wish you and your family a good after Thanksgiving rememberance. I recall the Thanksgivings we had when our big family was together and sometimes it was at my Aunt and Uncle's farm. An old farm house with one room that had sliding doors that seperated it from the house. It was the dining room, or special room as in days of old. The house had a porch running around it and very narrow stairs going upstairs to two small bedrooms only. My cousin Billy was in one room and his parents in the other. There had to be one more room for Sherry when they all lived there when we were children. There was a big old kitchen, and then a parlor, or living room. Other years we had Thanksgiving in Peoria IL or in Joliet IL where my family lived. I shared a very nice dinner this year with my neighbors family. mark/salty