Music, laughter, good food and good loving.... Though when someone asked us what the secret to a long marriage was, we said in unison, "Good fighting," which seemed to confuse the person. "You don't look like you ever fight."
With all of our travels, we don't have many artifacts that could symbolize our marriage, but the rocking chair comes close.
In Liberia, when I was pregnant with Max, Jerry asked if I had any cravings, and I told him a really comfortable rocking chair. Using nothing but a matte knife, he created this:
Since then it's been in our living room wherever we've been. It's been my refuge when life gets rough, and a place to unwind. And of course it rocked Max and Cinda when they were little.
(Luther, who scanned these pictures, suggested that Cinda will kick me out of the family for this one. The one of Max which I didn't include was even worse.)It's been a place of relaxation, comfort, and support throughout the years. Like our marriage. Jerry and I have cooperated on refurbishing it at intervals. And, like our marriage, it continues to be able to hold anything.
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Ah, you make me cry. Happy Anniversary. The famous Germer rocking chair saw me through earaches and bad dreams and breakups - I can't think of a better symbol not just for your marriage but for the nurturing support of family. As for your marriage, I can't think of a better model of what a relationship should be, so much love, laughter, music and balance.
amen. you guys truly have it all, what an amazing couple. happy anniversary, that is something to be proud of.
and jerry, i wish i could commission you to make me one of those rockers. i love it.
Congratulations you two! Beautiful is the word that sums it all up. The rocker and your relationship.
Congrats! Forty one years is indeed a milestone nowadays. The rocking chair has with stood the stresses of the years, a sign of a good,beautiful and functional thing as is your marriage.
Some interesting news out of Johns Hopkins today was reported. They discovered certain genetic pathways that cause pancreatic cancer, which could lead to ways to disrupt these pathways. It sounds very promising. As John Paul Jones once said, "Don't give up the ship."
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