[4Dogs]

Originally Posted by Baby Blessing

God blessed us with our 50th wedding anniversary this past May, we can contribute our many happy years to many factors, the most important being when God is head of the house hold and our lives, it makes the difference. It has for us.
I think far too many problems in a marriage stem from being materialistic. Many couples get so in debt that they are too busy trying to get caught up and instead keep falling behind with still wanting this and that, and before they know it are caught up in another vicious cirlcle of working longer hours, sometimes taking on a second job and then what happens is so many loose track of the meaning of marriage being two in love to cherish honor and love forever. I believe another important factor is recognizing we are each individuals and our thoughts may differ but to respect each's own choices and be there to be supportive to one another. Most of all our Faith in the Lord, life is not easy and there are many many trials and hard times but seeking his will in our life and leaning on him each and every day helps us to get through the rough spots and makes them smoother. The saying, the retirement years are the golden years, I have yet to hear one of our friends say this, we hear it a lot from younger folks but the truth of the matter is the younger years are the Golden ones, take time to enjoy them and one another. Wishing anyone that is going through a difficult marriage that it will work itself out. Our belief is that it takes three to make a marriage work.
Patti and Jack