On 60

Today marks what would have been Bill and Joyce's (my in-laws) 60th wedding anniversary.  I have always loved that it was on Groundhog Day: such a non-traditional way to remember the date.  I wish I could have known them better.  I wish that I could call up and ask for child rearing advice (after seven kids, you are an expert).  I wish the boys could have known them and I wish they could have met the boys.  As much as I wish for what cannot be, I am grateful for what I have.  I got to spend time with them.  I got to see the unparalleled pride in their expressions at Tim's college graduation.  I got to spend Christmas with them, and Joyce, as sick as she was, made a batch of fudge just because I made an offhand comment that I liked it.  Their legacy lives on.  I see it in Tim; they raised him to be a good man, husband, and father.  We show they boys pictures and tell them stories about the grandparents they will never meet.  But, they will always be with us.

Those crazy kids!