{"id":589996,"date":"2008-09-14T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/?p=589996"},"modified":"2008-09-14T20:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T20:03:00","slug":"the-sailor-and-the-starry-eyed-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/?p=589996","title":{"rendered":"The Sailor and the Starry Eyed Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is another one of those "bittersweet" days.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

50 years ago today, my dad and mom were married.    They had decided to get married when he was home on a quick leave.  They called around to invite family and friends, and really had quite a good turnout!   After a very short honeymoom, they went back to Boston where Dad was stationed while in the Navy.   I have their wedding album–Dad looks pretty spiffy in his Navy duds, and my mom the starry-eyed 19 year old girl in love with her sailor!   (In her size 5 dress cut down to a size 1 that was still too big–she had an 18 inch waist!  And so did I–when I was 12!!!  \"\" )<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But there is no party, no open house, no pictures in the paper…..because Dad passed away almost a year ago.   <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It’s tough, these firsts.   I called Mom today and wished her a happy anniversary–after all, it is STILL her anniversary.  We miss Dad, but due to his condition before he went Home to be with Jesus, we wouldn’t wish him back.   <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So I write this entry as a tribute to the couple that gave me life and raised me, that are a major part of who I am.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Happy 50th Anniversary, Dad and Mom.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I love you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

~ ..· ´¨¨)) -:¦:-
\n¸.·´ .·´¨¨))
\n((¸¸.·´ ..·´ \"\"<\/a> -:¦:-
\n-:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* <\/font><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
"We can only be said to be alive in those moments
\n when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
\n                                         ~Thornton Wilder~<\/em><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is another one of those "bittersweet" days.   50 years ago today, my dad and mom were married.    They had decided to get married when he was home on a quick leave.  They called around to invite family and friends, and really had quite a good turnout!   After a very short honeymoom, they went back to Boston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=589996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=589996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=589996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=589996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}