50th -- Why is it called golden when we're silver-haired now?
Ok, I guess I'm convinced she's gonna hang around now. Should I turn off the GPS tracker and remove the ankle monitor?
Warning to the youngsters: A blind date can lead to a life sentence. Don't say "I do" unless you mean it. There have been far more "for better" parts than there have been "or worse".
We ignored the bone injury on spring break, the car wreck on the way home, and the motorcycle wreck before the wedding. It was the last wedding the preacher ever performed. I had five bucks in my pocket for gas money; nothing could stop us! The universe gave ample warning, though.
My new mother-in-law didn't fit any of the old jokes. She just couldn't get me to eat as much of my favorite foods as she thought was appropriate. Her new mother-in-law enjoyed yard sales as much as she did, but said of our first apartment, "It has a convenient bathroom. The sink, tub, and toilet are so close you can wash your feet and your face while sitting."
Nobody taught her how to drive! It is possible to burn out the clutch in a 40 hp VW Beetle. It's also possible to pull the engine and replace the clutch with an adjustable wrench, a pipe wrench, vise grips, and a screwdriver. Just don't be under the engine when you pull the last of the 4 bolts. Oh, and make sure you disconnect the throttle cable before the engine drops.
She would go from proclaiming that, "Maybe some people weren't meant to drive", to driving half a million commuter miles during her career. Early on, she drove a big sedan with recaps on it through record-breaking blizzard conditions in an over 3 hour drive that normally takes under 45 minutes. I was leading in an old truck with 'granny' gear, hauling a little car on the back. When we were done, she said all she could see were my taillights.
"What about all the mini-vans, pickups and cars off the road in ditches and embankments, some of them upside down? Did you see the state trooper catty-corner in the median?"
"All I saw were your taillights. Close up."
Ah, those heady days of twenty-five whole dollars of mad money per month! Yet we managed to go from a bedroom converted by a greedy landlord to bedroom plus kitchen plus bathroom to a trailer park to a farm. Her wish list was a big house in the country, retire in her fiftys, a Mercedes (she didn't specify until much later that she wanted one of those expensive coupes), a corner cupboard, and a cedar chest. I have one more to check off the list before being done.
It's been a long journey in just a blink, but we have the best any parent can wish for: Our children are independent and doing just fine.
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Enough for the MIL to drive to the moon 
but also back again 
I kid, I kid!
Congrats
Wouldn't catch the words without the lyrics on screen though. 
How lovely 
Few reach there
