Forty Years and Going Strong

Where, O where did 40 years go? It seems impossible that we've been married that long.... and I must say they've been wonderfully fulfilling years! We were married on August 1, 1970 in the church of Christ in Kosciusko, Mississippi. We've lived in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas and Arkansas during our marriage. We have two wonderful adult children who chose their own spouses so well! We have a beautiful granddaughter, Kaila, and two more little girls on the way. We're presently in good health, still love each other and enjoy each other's company. Can't get much better that this!

We had this photo recently taken and published it in the local newspaper to announce our anniversary. Danny spoiled me by giving me a gorgeous diamond necklace and earrings, and he planned a wonderful trip to Oklahoma city, OK, to celebrate our anniversary.

We left Springdale, AR, on Friday morning (July 30th) and drove to Claremore, OK, to tour the Will Rogers Museum. Danny had toured it 46 years ago and had often wanted to return for a more leisurely tour of the grounds and exhibits. It was a great museum and I had no idea that Will Rogers was so talented and did so many different things. The grounds were lovely and the view from the crest of the hill it is on was especially pretty.

We arrived at the Embassy Suites in the late afternoon and were delighted with the lovely two room suite.... After relaxing for a little while, we strolled a couple of blocks to a nice restaurant and enjoyed some yummy Hawaiian barbeque. We wanted to soak in the hot tub, but there were so many kids and adults there, we decided our suite was much more appealing!

Saturday morning we slept in (8 which is late for us) and then lost all control when we ate the fabulous breakfast provided by Embassy Suites! Made to order omlets, French toast, fruit, cereal, bacon, eggs, sausage, biscuits & gravy, donuts, bagels, juices, and on and on! Really pretty setting, too.

We wanted to go to the Oklahoma City Memorial and its museum and chose to do that early in the day. So glad we did, as it is a lovely tribute to all those who suffered that horrible terrorist attack. The memorial's two gates have the time of 9:01 and 9:03 inscribed on them to mark the time just before and just after the explosion when the previous way of life ended and the new altered life began. The Reflecting Pool and the Victim's Chairs were silent reminders of so many who lost their lives.

Picture is of the museum. It was so touching to see and hear all of the tragic stories that were told. Very somber and sad!

We left the museum needing something much lighter to do, so we headed for Bricktown, which is a smaller "San Antonio River Walk". It was over 100 degrees and we were sweltering, so we retreated to Sonic for strawberry smoothies and then escaped the heat by going to the theater pictured at right to see "Inception." The movie was action packed and took some serious thinking to keep up with all the twists and turns of the characters dreams within dreams! Can't imagine how anyone could even think about the plot and keep it all straight in his/her own mind!

Following the movie, we strolled along the river in Bricktown and ate at a Mexican restaurant that had been recommended to us.

We returned to the hotel after dinner and found the pool and hot tub relatively empty. YAY! Felt wonderful after walking so much at the memorial, museum, and Bricktown

Sunday morning (our anniversary) we ate an earlier breakfast and went back to our suite to open the gifts that our children sent us..... Beautiful monogrammed sheets and a sweet Willow Tree figurine of a embracing couple.... We then enjoyed worshiping with fellow Christians at the South Yukon church of Christ.

The afternoon was spent shopping at Garden Ridge and one of the malls where it was cool! We finished the day by dining at Cimmaron Steak House with a delicious steak! YUM!

We were so full after eating that we took a sunset walk in a nearby park along the river. Really pretty and quiet right in the middle of lots of the rush of the city.

With some reluctance, we checked out of our hotel on Monday morning and turned toward home. But before leaving town, we took in one last museum.... Oklahoma City Museum of History. It is made up of several large galleries which included the history of the Indians who have inhabited Oklahoma, the history of the land rush, oil well history in Oklahoma,rock and roll music in Oklahoma, & cartoonists of Oklahoma. Looking out one of the huge windows in the museum you could see the capitol building across the street..... really pretty.

















We really had a good time and had so much fun being together. What a blessing Danny has been to me over the years! I do hope that we can be together for another 40 years! We make a good team! Love you, Danny!