I Married A Younger Man...
..25 years ago today. We left for Las Vegas with our best friends and a case of champagne. The plan was to get married the next day, but when we arrived we found it quick and easy to get a marriage license. Finding a Chapel of Love we jumped in and did the deed (sans Elvis). Regarding that case of champagne...we couldn't remember for several years if we had married on the 25th or 26th as first planned.
The 25th Anniversary is Silver and to celebrate we bought matching silver rings (up graded to white gold).
As with many couples we hit a few bumps in the road but always found a way to get through it. A marriage forged by fire can withstand much and we have come out the other side stronger and more committed. We credit, in part, the happiness we've found together on the Navajo Rug we bought years ago. This Yei-bet-chai is considered a symbol of healing. We feel that each night as we slept our union was healed and blessed. How else could we have come so far?
Since the valley was 'in the clouds' (yes, we live UNDER that!), we celebrated Saturday night with dinner in the canyon. After driving through a layer of dense fog, the moonlight guided us up into the mountains and shown brightly on the snow. Orion had us in his sights...a sort of cupid? The next day we returned to our favorite place just to enjoy the sun on our faces. A dear friend come along and took this picture on the deck of the Silver Fork. It was nearly 50 degrees! (It's 30 in the valley.) See that red, red Rogue? It was my first blogland project!
We also headed up to Silver Lake and watched the Nordic skiers have a great time. It was hard to leave this beautiful mountain scene and head back down into our valley of smog/fog/haze.
There are few reasons why I would miss Stitch 'n Bitch, but tonight we are going to one of SLCs finest restaurants to celebrate in style. It's been a wonderful journey and we look forward to the next 25 years.
*Smith is 11 months younger;-)
ay, girl! all congratulations to you and Smith! 25 years is a formidable accomplishment. the way you've spoken of him I was thinking you were fairly recently wed. how lovely to love so strongly for so long. you both give me hope. have a wonderful dinner and celebration...
Posted by: caroline | January 25, 2005 at 03:45 AM
what a wonderful tribute to a beautiful union! enjoy your special night tonight!
Posted by: jody | January 25, 2005 at 03:52 AM
Congratulations, and I hope you have 25 more, too!
Posted by: Norma | January 25, 2005 at 03:55 AM
Happy happy silver anniversary!!
Posted by: Wendy | January 25, 2005 at 04:11 AM
Congratulations!!!!
Have a great celebration with the hope of many more years to come. :)
Posted by: Amy Boogie | January 25, 2005 at 04:30 AM
Happy anniversary to you both. It sounds wonderful. We are just 13 month married and together for 7 years. I hope we will manage to celebrate our silver wedding some day, its a long way to go.
It makes hope if in these days people announce their silver anniversary with all the divorces around, everybody seems to split with the tiniest hick up in the relationship.
I wish you a lot of healthy and happy years to go together.
Posted by: Sibylle | January 25, 2005 at 04:34 AM
CONGRATULATIONS!
Posted by: froggy | January 25, 2005 at 04:45 AM
Happy 25th Anniversary! What a wonderful wedding story. My parents anniversary is either the 3rd or 5th of July--we can never remember--it's around the 4th. :) No champagne to blame though. He's a cutie too. Kevin and I started with shell rings, upgraded to Navajo wedding bands, then to Celtic bands. Yours are beautiful.
Posted by: Kathleen | January 25, 2005 at 04:59 AM
Congratulations on your big anniversary!
Posted by: Cassie | January 25, 2005 at 05:11 AM
Happy Silver anniversary!
Posted by: Vera | January 25, 2005 at 05:32 AM
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful story! Happy Anniversary to the both of you! Enjoy your evening out on the town :-)
Posted by: Shelby | January 25, 2005 at 05:54 AM
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! Lucky you to have found true love - there is nothing quite like it!
Posted by: Jackie | January 25, 2005 at 06:05 AM
Congrats on a great accomplishment. It is good to know that even with trials a happy marriage is still intact. I can't wait for my 25 years, and wish you at least that many more! Have a fun celebration!
Posted by: Teresa C | January 25, 2005 at 06:07 AM
Happy Anniversary!! I love the Las Vegas story. Somehow, I would have thought you would have been married outside, in a more natural setting, but I can see you in the lights of Vegas, too!
Posted by: Susan | January 25, 2005 at 06:07 AM
Happy anniversary! What a sweet story. Everyone should be so lucky -- to find a great companion and hold on for a long, long time.
Posted by: Ann | January 25, 2005 at 06:16 AM
You guys are so cool. Happiness to you and your beloved!
Posted by: Mary Beth | January 25, 2005 at 06:23 AM
Happy, happy Anniversary! Lucky, lucky both of you.
Posted by: Stephanie | January 25, 2005 at 06:32 AM
Happy Anniversary! You all are a beautiful couple! Many more years of happiness ahead, I'm sure of it. :)
Posted by: kerry | January 25, 2005 at 06:41 AM
What a lovely tribute to your marriage and your rug is stunning! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!
Posted by: Kim | January 25, 2005 at 06:54 AM
Congratulations! May the next 25 years be as blessed by your fortitude and good fortune!!!
Posted by: Christine | January 25, 2005 at 07:03 AM
Congrats!
Posted by: Julia | January 25, 2005 at 07:09 AM
How wonderful! Congratulations,and happy anniversary! Here's to the next 25! xxoo
Posted by: Kim | January 25, 2005 at 07:10 AM
Congrats. I am 6 years older than Hubster. I was afraid his mom would think me a "hussy" for taking her baby boy!! ;-)
Posted by: Chris | January 25, 2005 at 07:10 AM
Happy Anniversary, and Congrats!
Posted by: Annie | January 25, 2005 at 07:26 AM
Happy Anniversary! Doesn't Rogue look good on you....
Posted by: claudia | January 25, 2005 at 07:42 AM
Happy Anniversary! What a wonderful story and a beautiful relationship. Congrats on your special union. I love the picture of the two of you~ very sweet.
Posted by: Annie | January 25, 2005 at 07:44 AM
Happy Anniversary! Have a wonderful, celebratory evening. *cheers* *clink*
Posted by: Vicki | January 25, 2005 at 08:11 AM
Happy anniversary, dear friend. What a lucky woman to be so blessed with a strong, vital, fire-forged marriage. Here's to twenty-five more years.
Posted by: Nathania | January 25, 2005 at 08:26 AM
CONGRATULATIONS!!! That's a huge deal in this day and age. Fantastic!
Posted by: Jean | January 25, 2005 at 08:29 AM
Ha, I got you beat. DH is 14 months younger.
Have a great dinner. We'll miss you tonight!
Posted by: susan | January 25, 2005 at 08:33 AM
CONGA-RATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so happy and excited for you both! It is a very exciting and heartwarming story. Makes me feel all gooey inside ...
And it's nice to see a picture of him ... *finally*
*CHEERS* to you both!
Posted by: Sara* | January 25, 2005 at 08:37 AM
Happy 25th anniversary! You guys are so cute!
Posted by: monica | January 25, 2005 at 08:37 AM
Happy Anniversary! The white gold is a great 'upgraded' silver. My bf is 4 years younger, to the day. It's weird being the older one.
Posted by: Lauren | January 25, 2005 at 08:43 AM
Many many congrats on the 25th anniversary!!
Posted by: Cathy | January 25, 2005 at 08:46 AM
WOW!!! What can I say?? I almost wasn't even born yet.... :-)!!!!!!
Posted by: Neena | January 25, 2005 at 08:54 AM
Happy Happy Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Rossana | January 25, 2005 at 08:57 AM
Happy anniversary!
Posted by: Nancy | January 25, 2005 at 09:24 AM
What a wonderful story! Congrats!...and under THAT sky there WILL be 25 more! You know we were suppose to be married on Feb. 14, but luck would have it was meant to be the 16th! ..that was 15 yrs. ago :)
That rug is gorgeous by the way...to have a soulful journey together is bliss!
Posted by: PJ | January 25, 2005 at 09:47 AM
Congrats! You are the perfect couple. You compliment each other beautifully. Have a wonderful Anniversary.
Posted by: Chantel Miner | January 25, 2005 at 09:51 AM
The one sucky thing about living on the West Coast, is that you're always the last one to read something. I get confused about my anniversary date too, is it June 24 or 25? I have to look at the framed cross stitch picture someone did for us to remember. 25 years, that is truly amazing! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Posted by: La | January 25, 2005 at 09:57 AM
Happy 25th Anniversary!! I absolutely ~LOVE~ that you did the Vegas thing. If I ever succumb to the marriage bug, that's what I'll do. But I'll go the Elvis route... ;) Have a lovely, romantic dinner tonight.
Posted by: Beth | January 25, 2005 at 10:19 AM
Congratulations on your anniversary - may your marriage always be what Theodore Parker saw as "a long falling in love". And when you get back from the restaurant, please tell us what you ate! ;)
Posted by: Donna | January 25, 2005 at 10:23 AM
Congratulations, Margene. All the best for 25 more years. After seeing the picture, I don't think you could be any happier together than you look now.
Posted by: Jaimi | January 25, 2005 at 10:50 AM
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Amy | January 25, 2005 at 11:04 AM
Happy anniversary, Margene! And all best wishes for another 25 ~
Posted by: maggi | January 25, 2005 at 11:17 AM
Congrats Margene & Smith!!!!
ps. being 10 months older than my Boar, I wish you wouldn't refer to Smith as a younger man. If my Boar read that, he'd never let me live it down!
Posted by: ann | January 25, 2005 at 11:35 AM
Congratulations! How lovely!
Maybe you can take a trip to Vegas and have Elvis renew your vows... :)
Posted by: Michelle | January 25, 2005 at 11:37 AM
Congratulations on 25 years. That's wonderful.
Posted by: Jessica | January 25, 2005 at 12:12 PM
Aw, this warms my heart! Congratulations and may there be many more happy days ahead!
Posted by: christina b | January 25, 2005 at 12:13 PM
Congratulations. Maybe the stitch and bitch will be invited to the 50th.
Posted by: Deanna | January 25, 2005 at 01:37 PM