We were invited to help a good friend celebrate his surprise 90th birthday. His wife Lynn had been working on setting up this big event for the past 3 months and everything was in place for the big day. There was a room full of people at the Woman's Club of Hagerstown reception hall. Everyone was there except the guest of honor, who was almost an hour late. No problem for us since we arrived 30 minutes late and thought we'd missed the grand entrance.
Bud finally arrived and was quite shocked to see a room full of friends and relatives waiting to celebrate his birthday with him. He was overwhelmed and was visibly shaken, but he recovered and was his same old self.
Bud was a veteran of WWII and was in the flying corp. He was scheduled to take part in the invasion of Japan, but the war ended before he actually had to fight there.
He is the most active 90 year old person I have ever known except for Katy Starr who rivals him in energy. He still does wood working and makes all repairs and modifications around the house.
The 56 part of the day came about as we celebrated our 56th wedding anniversary. We didn't think the birthday celebration would last as long as it did. Then we started thinking about our anniversary dinner and where to go. We've been to all the nice places nearby and didn't want to repeat going to any of them, so we had to find a new one to try.
It was my turn to pick the restaurant and I remembered an old restaurant in Greencastle, PA so it was off to find it. It took a while, but find it we did and were able to be seated at a nice table in the dining room.
The interior of the restaurant was extremely nice and had a number of separate eating areas. The meal was great and the company even better. Since we had eaten lunch just a few hours before, we tried to order a light meal, but wound up stuffing ourselves again.
By this time we were worn out and decided to call it a day. We had a nice ride back to the cabin and have settled in for a glass of wine and a movie.
It's hard to believe that we've been married for 56 years, but they have been great ones. It seems like just yesterday we got hitched and were driving back to our homes in Illinois. Just two crazy and happy kids. Still crazy and happy, but a little past the kid stage.
That was our day, how was yours?
Happy Anniversary, you two crazy kids! We never have to grow up, do we?
ReplyDeleteWow - congrats you guys. I think it's so neat that after 56 years, you guys are still having fun together. Way to go.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to a great couple. Here's to many more!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary! 56 for you and 31 for us it seems like a lot for both but then when I think that we have to go 25 more to get to your 56...well I just don't know if my heart can take all that good love!
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