And they lived happily ever after
Jeff recently ran a post on things people have said to him in his life that had a big impact. I thought about running something similar but didn't have as many good quotes (that I could remember, anyway. However, while jotting notes for that preempted post I did come up with two that will be good for today's topic. The first was:
"I do."
- Leslie Fife in the process of transforming into Leslie Lehmer eight years ago today.
Yup - it's our eighth anniversary! Happy anniversary, honey! It's been a great eight years, and I look forward to the next eighty (since that will bring me to the ripe old age of 128).
Unfortunately Les is working today and I will be traveling to St. Charles for more training so we won't get to do any celebrating today. But she is coming up on Wednesday and after class we will go out that night to dine and listen to the Ohms Brothers. And it will just be the two of us, which I think is kinda better for anniversaries anyway...
We were married in a small church in the countryside near here by a pastor who had been a middle school teacher to both Les and her brother Matt when they attended the parochial school that Erin, Jon and Gloria are going to now. It was a small service - two friends to stand up with us and Les's immediate family (my folks couldn't make it up from Texas). Here's a shot of the wedding party (Les and I are the two with our arms around each other, in case you had trouble figuring that out).
In remembrance of that day I'd like to share another quote with you, this one by me. We were all standing around chatting in the foyer of the church afterward and Les and I were holding hands when her father Bill asked me, "So, what do you say to her now?" With everyone watching I turned to Les, looked deeply into her eyes and said:
"Yo! Wench! Bring me a beer!"
I've been close to her father and brothers ever since.
8 comments:
Jim and Leslie,
Happy 8th Wedding Anniversary! Hopefully you both can celebrate wonderfully later, when you both are back home!!!
Blessings,
~Amy :)
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Amy,
Thanks. Yeah, it takes some scheduling, actually, with Les working weekends for the foreseeable future. That's why I said I am actually happy we will get to spend an evening together away and all by ourselves this week. A mini-vacation, even if it is only for a night.
So did she smack you after you called her a wench?
Happy anniversary! Have a great celebration.
Erin,
No, actually my memory is that she laughed. See, we met in 1982 in an honors English class in college. I used to go on and on back then about how "wench" was a fine Olde English word and shouldn't be thought of as derogatory, blah, blah, blah. Really, I was just trolling to get various people's goats. It was a long-running joke. So me using it right after our wedding ceremony 18(!) years later just "fit", somehow.
Thanks for the warm wishes.
Still, Les must be pretty tolerant! Good thing, I suppose ;-)
Jim and Leslie,
Happy and Joy filled greetings to you both on this very special day.
Rich
Erin,
Les is VERY tolerant. Otherwise she would never have married me.
Rich,
Thanks for the best wishes!
Thanks for the well wishes, everyone!
Tolerance is a two-way street. Jim certainly puts up with his fair share (and sometimes more)from me. It's easy for me because Jim is truly my blessing. I knew I was going to marry him not very long after we met. Now,I'm not always right about things, but very happy to be right about this.
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