Happy Heavenly Anniversary

Happy Heavenly Anniversary to the love of my life for the past 59 years. This was one of the best days of my life, now it’s the saddest.

Today Rich and I would have been celebrating our 57th wedding anniversary after meeting each other on a blind date two years prior on Christmas day, the two days that have always been so special to us. But instead I’m going through beautiful memories between the tears of how we were married 8 times.

Our first wedding was in 1967, we renewed our vows on July 29, 1992 on our 25th anniversary and I wore my daughter’s wedding gown! From then on we had our marriage blessed and vows renewed every 5 years. 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022 and how we were looking forward to 2027 to celebrate 60 beautiful years of marriage together.

In 2017 we went back to upstate New York and the Priest blessed our marriage of 50 years in the same church we were married at. We even took our pictures outside in the same place.

For my 50th anniversary blessing I carried an old handkerchief that was my mom’s, dad’s bible from back when he was in World War 2 and a lucky penny. My sister surprised me with the beautiful 50th Anniversary plate that had been a gift to my mom and dad on their 50th anniversary!

There is a beautiful rose garden in Schenectady where we had our wedding pictures taken and we went there before Mass for our 50th anniversary. The gardener was there and I mentioned how we had our photos taken here 50 years ago and we were heading to have our marriage blessed at St. Anthony’s. He cut this beautiful white rose for me to carry.

I don’t remember all the dates but every anniversary I would put on my wedding gown that my grandmother made and would model it for Rich. Since Lia was born she got in the on the action too. Way back then Rich even made sure I had a rose.

CREDITS: The Crystals – Then He Kissed Me (Lyrics) (From Money Heist Season 5 Vol 2)

Penguin Music

This is a picture last year of our 56th wedding anniversary, one that I will hold so close to my heart always. It’s the last anniversary we celebrated together.

I love you so much Rich and not sure why our true love story had to end so abruptly but you are forever in my heart. Until we meet again……