The Gold Standard
On February 20th, my Mom & Dad celebrated their Golden Anniversary. Fifty Years, wow! Our extended family wanted to mark this milestone and honor them with a simple reception. I'm not a party planner and don't know squat about decorating, but I do know who to ask and family members with party planning skills came through with flying colors.The 50th Anniversary celebration was well attended by family and friends and well-wishers and we spent the afternoon visiting, laughing, and snacking on various cookies and cakes that had our blood sugar spiking to precipitous heights, I'm sure. It was a sweet time, both literally and figuratively.
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| Happy 50th! |
My Dad has a tradition of getting Mom a yellow rose each anniversary - one for each year of marriage. He was able to locate 50 yellow roses to mark the occasion.
My sister has a cottage industry that she runs out of her home making/decorating cakes and was able to make a beautiful one that tasted great, or so I hear. It was long gone by the time I drifted over to the cake table.
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Mom & Dad's preacher, Bro. Don, prayed a prayer thanking the Almighty for blessing their many years of marriage and for providing a model of marriage for all in attendance. After thinking about the day, I was amazed that we didn't ask them what the secret was to a successful and happy marriage. I'll definitely do that, but I'm sure they'd answer - prayer. Lots of prayer! And that made me think about a country song all about this exact topic.
Lee Brice sings a song called "Love Like Crazy" that encapsulates a good marriage with some timely advice whether you've been married 50 minutes or 50 years. I've copied the lyrics below with the really important advice in bolded red.
"Love Like Crazy"
They called them crazy when they started out
Said, "Seventeen's too young to know what loves about"
They've been together fifty-eight years now
That's crazy
He brought home sixty-seven bucks a week
Bought a little 2 bedroom house on Maple Street
Where she blessed him with six more mouths to feed
Now that's crazy
Just ask him how he did it
He'll say, "Pull up a seat
It'll only take a minute
To tell you everything"
Be a best friend, tell the truth
And overuse "I love you"
Go to work, do your best
Don't outsmart your common sense
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy
They called him crazy when he quit his job
Said them home computers, boy, they'll never take off
Well, he sold his one man shop to Microsoft
And they paid like crazy
Just ask him how he made it
He'll tell you faith and sweat
And the heart of a faithful woman
Who never let him forget
Be a best friend, tell the truth
And overuse "I love you"
Go to work, do your best
Don't outsmart your common sense
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy
Always treat your woman like a lady
Never get to old to call her baby
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy
They called him crazy when they started out
They've been together fifty-eight years now
Ain't that crazy?
If you click on the arrow below, you can watch the video of the song.
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy! Indeed...
Happy 50th Anniversary, Mom & Dad. Thanks for loving like crazy for 50 years. We love you!
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