What a marriage

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..............................My hat is off to you! Being in business/farming

takes a special bond for those marraiages to last. I am in total agreement that

if the ralationship has the proper makeup it will last. My marriage was one that

was not supposed to last but 48 years later we are still working at it.

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Dear ,

I know that even though you have experienced so much illness between you and

your wife, you couldn't imagine yourself seated opposite someone else at the

table. You both sound pretty gutsy to me. Congratulations on your 48 years of

wedded bliss. When I married Jimmy, I had 4 children by a previous marriage and

there were a not of naysayers out there who said it wouldn't last, but 54 years

later, we are still together, caring for each other. Most of the people who

thought it are now deceased. Our grandchildren all tell us they want a

marriage like ours and I have one granddaughter who is divorced and says she

wants someone like Jimmy to take care of her. No marriage is perfect, you have

to work at your problems and work it like it was a job. You have to put each

other first.

Congratulations to Joyce Mesnarich, also on her 50 years of marriage and who

as a couple, were able to stay together despite working together in business for

33 years. My husband ran a business, but he often times came to me to type

letters, keep the books while someone was on vacation or ask for my advice.

Every time we had to borrow money to enlarge the business, the bank wanted to

mortage our home as collateral. That was the scary part for me, but it was paid

off on the exact date it was supposed to.

It is good to live debt free, even though there is not a lot of wiggle room. We

had 4 teen age boys and a baby. I did so many bed checks all night until they

were all in that I still to this day cannot sleep all night without waking up

several times. Force of habit.

I wish you both many more years of happy wedded bliss. Was it worth it for

me? You bet your sweet bippy it was. Let's see how many other couples who have

married married 40 years or more, would you respond please?

Hands & hearts,

Lottie Duthu