40th Anniversary

It is hard to believe that on a snowy, gray day forty years ago, Ron and I were married in my home church in Jeffersonville, Ohio. This began a journey of back roads and freeways, pot holes and detours, traffic jams and open roads. Yet, it is amazing how easy it is to travel when we know love. A card we received said, “Love is not a destination, it’s a journey.” So it has been for us. The love for one another surrounded by the love and grace of God has brought us to this point.

How did we celebrate? On Friday and Saturday, we visited our son and family in Clemson and celebrated the birthdays of two of our grandchildren. Today, we worshipped with our other son and his family in Columbia. With great joy, I participated in the baptism of Ethan at Union UMC with the Rev. Dr. Patricia Mayfield. (A sidebar to this story is that Patricia did education field experience with me at Shandon UMC.) To know that Ethan’s parents have made a commitment to nurture him in the faith of God known through Jesus Christ marks this day in a special way.