34 Years Ago Today

From the front view of our house we can easily see the Catholic Church we were married in – where we said vows before God and those attending. Vows, indicating we would love and cherish each other until death do us part. Did we mean them? Did we even understand them? Yet, we have kept them! We are no longer Catholic, at least not in practice, but perhaps still in Spirit, for we still hold in highest regard our personal history (as attested to by our family photo albums) and our Protestant history that has its roots in Catholicism (as attested to in my book). To hold in high esteem, to value, to believe in, to love and cherish – these are what define us as a people, enabling us to prevail over the long hall. The blogs posted before this one are meant for humor, and some allude to knowledge. My book articulates the quest of the truth-seeker, seeking knowledge, but it also describes covenant relationships, like marriage, living and breathing in the context of knowledge. We love each other today as much as we did in 1982, holding each other in highest regard, loving and cherishing one another, but we have added 34 years to our relationship, (six children and four grandchildren), a shared history, having experienced life together, having put our marriage vows into practice.