Anniversary Number 70

Linda's parents celebrated today their 70th wedding anniversary in Cambridge, Minnesota. Now that is quite a feat these days. First you have to get married with a promise to be faithful and to stick together through thick and thin, sometimes more thin than thick. I've never known a couple that has done so many things together through out their lives. First there was the few years in California when Huns was in the Navy and Myrt was close by. After the war they moved to Cambridge where they bought the farm and there was now a need to work together to make it all successful. This they did from the farming, gardening, cleaning chickens and other animals for food, the constant cleaning and cooking for a farm family that needed a lot of food for all the expended energy. Believe me, I've seen this family at work and they know to get a lot done in a day. I guess it was necessary in the early days, but they cannot change. First you work and then you play, that is if the time ever allows it.
Now of course Huns and Myrt are retired, yet they stay very active. They take care of themselves for the most part and find time for card playing and even dancing. It's a good thing Great Grandma Thorn didn't find out about this decadence. Huns isn't supposed to drive (Dr's orders) and for the most part he doesn't except when there is some difficult terrain to negotiate, then Myrt will relinquish the wheel to her husband.
I didn't go to the party as crowds can carry an increased risk of catching a cold or something else I don't now need.

 

I did have a long conversation with Myrt the other day, (long by my standards). Her memory is perfect, in fact Myrt can remember things as if they happened yesterday. And she can also get the most subtle humor that older persons often miss. Huns doesn't like to talk on the phone because his hearing isn't too good and so we just talk to Myrt and she relays the thought. I made a point of thanking them for having a daughter that is now my wife of 43 years. They know of course how much I love her and how lately we have to rely on and support one another even more than ever. To deal with a serious illness with out the loving care of someone close must be very difficult. I am thankful for the gift of this terrific person, born in Princeton, MN, the beautiful daughter of Myrtle and John Laase.

Jerry, David, Dale, Linda, Myrt, Huns, Brenda