two weekends ago heather and i were blessed to celebrate her great grandparents seventyfifth wedding aniversary... both of her grandparents are 96. pretty crazy when you begin to think that heather and i have only been married for two years. they have spent more time together than heather and my lifetime added together. they lived through two world wars a deppression, the creation of virtually all technology and all the while remained deeply in love.
they were absolutely sweet. my favorite part of the weekend was when grampa sent GG some roses. Now if you can imagine. grampa is probably one of the most selfish people i have ever met in my life. GG. is stubburn and strongwilled but she will do anything to make her man feel appreciated. so here on a weekend where she had recieved about 25 floral arrangements most of which were absolutly huge and extravagent, she still made grampa feel as though he had given her a 20 carat diamond ring. (he didnt) He sent 12 red roses (that were Beautiful but far from the most beautiful arrangmetn of the weekend). When the roses came GG. got up and hugged and kissed her man and said that she was the happiest woman on earth... she said she needed nothing more on the earth after recieveing the roses. it was then that i had the realization that this is what got them to 75 years. she knows how to make him feel that he is the best thing since sliced bread. (maybe better since he invented the bread and pie oven.) she knows how to honor him.
i hope that i can be this for heather. i hope i can make her feel like grandpa feels when grandma douts on him.
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