28 Years Ago Today
The last time I showed this photo, someone exclaimed that I looked like I was 16 years old. Well, I was a whopping 22, and today marks 28 years hence that day that Cyndie and I exchanged vows in the public ceremony we call a wedding. It was 7 years after the day we mark as our dating anniversary. I asked her yesterday what she thinks would have happened if we hadn’t attended the same high school. Maybe none of this would have transpired. I said we would have met anyway.
I am a very lucky guy.
For all our differences and the many difficulties, we are pretty well suited for each other. I owe a great debt of gratitude to the counselor who helped us to work through some of the issues we each were dealing with at a time our relationship was under the most strain. I can truly say we are happier together now than ever before.
On this very same day, 21 years ago, we received a most stupendous gift, with the birth of our second child, Julian Walker Hays.
I am a lucky dad.
We are celebrating separately this year. Elysa is flying to Chicago to be with Julian, and Cyndie and I are up at Wildwood. It is a very happy day. Ain’t love grand?
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We did have a GREAT weekend! Thanks.
I’m so glad you guys took advantage of the opportunity to read through them together. Mom and I had the same reaction: remembering some, but having no recollection of other events.
johnwhays
September 21, 2009 at 8:10 pm
hope you had a great weekend! happy anniversary!
julian and i had a good time this weekend reading over your journal entries from ’93-’94. there are things i remember, and things i don’t. it was really neat. thanks for writing all that! =)
elysa
September 21, 2009 at 7:38 pm
oh and i like the pictures!
elysa
September 21, 2009 at 7:38 pm
I sincerely appreciate you saying this. Thanks, Marebare!
johnwhays
September 20, 2009 at 8:36 am
Congrats!!! Love you both and would like to thank you for sharing your lives as you do! You’re both a lot more than just “family”! Enjoy your weekend together!
Mary
September 19, 2009 at 8:48 am