50 Years

I’ve been thinking about…
…50 years.

A half century!

When John and I were married, I said “I want to be married for 50 years,” which seemed hugely aspirational.

We had a summer wedding full of family and friends and flowers during the longest sunniest season of the year.  Fifty years seemed like a lifetime away.

And now what I can only describe as surreal, here we are celebrating a half a century of marriage with our beloved grown up children and darling delightful grandchildren.

It has been a summer of fun with families from around the country enjoying New Jersey’s joys and then North Carolina adventures as we celebrate together.

Fifty years with John.  Fifty years of growing a family.  In good times and bad, fifty years of blessings.