I guess that whenever you are reading this Anne and I will have celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary, it was on the 23rd. It's funny I still remember that day like yesterday. It was a bright sunny day, we were married in the garden on the campus at Simpson College.
Because it was August and outside, we did the ceremony at 11:00 AM. Anne wore a white dress simplistic in style, but made it stunning when she put it on. Daisy's were the flowers for the day. As our family and friends began to gather the DJ started the music and we were off. Dr. Roger Bettsworth, the professor of religion on campus, did the ceremony.
I am almost positive that the guys that I asked to stand up with me were only thinking about the Kegger I had promised them afterward– if they behaved. But the only thing I could think about was the young woman walking down the grass isle towards me. I was and am still so in love with her. I was young but committed to be something to her. I wanted to live my life, whatever that was going to be... with her.
Like most couples when they start off, we had no idea where life was going to take us, but I was so glad I was going to be able to do it with her.
Honestly, I don't remember anything the preacher said that day. All I was thinking about was that Anne Marie Leonhardt was becoming Anne Marie Berry, and the most beautiful woman in the world had said yes to me.
Now here we are, 34 anniversary's later! So much has happened in between, we have lived a lot. I could say so much, but the only thing I really want to say right now is that I love her more. If I could do it all over again, I would do some things differently, but not without her.
She is the rock of my life, I can only pray that I have been her's. Our lives together have become big, have become full of so much good, but at the beginning and end of each day it's just her and I – I would have it no other way.
Solomon said that the greatest gift that we would ever receive in this life is the woman, the wife that God gives you. Can I just say that there is a reason why he was called the wisest man to have ever lived!?
Anne...my love, mi amor...I Love you!
And I love all of you...
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THAT IS BEAUTIFUL! THE BIGGIST REASON I CHOSE CFC IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE TEACHING/PREACHING, MUSIC, OR PROGRAMS BUT, BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU TWO HONOR, LOVE, AND RESPECT EACH OTHER. OVER THE YEARS I'VE LEFT 4 DIFFERENT CHURCHES BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PASTOR TREATED HIS WIFE; ABUSE AND AFFAIRS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. HERE'S TO ANOTHER 34 YEARS!
I only wish I could have found such an honorable man.
You two are truly blessed and it shows in the way you treat each other.
God bless you both.
I am honored to know you.
Cha-ching, cha-ching...you just made a great deposit into your wife. And all the women said, "Awh...how sweet!" Thank you both for staying committed to one another.
"...I appreciate U both...UR diligence, persistence, and steadfastness! In the five (5) yrs. I've been @ CFC; a-righteous example & witness has always been exemplified before my wife & I both; U-R-A TRUE contemporary TYPE of the Eternal-BLOOD-COVENANT given by GOD HIMSELF since before the foundation of the earth...ThnX for UR witness...I have a-GODLY visual before me at all times...Laus Deo..."
Chaplain Rev. Harold W. Wilson
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