HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

As you can see by the number of entries to my blog, May has been a very busy month. There are birthdays, Nurses' Week, and Mother's Day. There is one more event in May that I'd like to make note of. On May 21, 1972 Michael Robin Mullikin and Monica Cecelia Small were married. The following slide shows are our memories of that time. The first is a short slide show which includes a picture of the first date Mike and I went on and then pictures of the shower my then mother-in-law to be threw for me. These pictures prove we were also once young, even though our children and their spouses may not believe it. We were full of hopes, fears, expectations and dreams, just as young people are today. And now, 36 years later, I feel we have fulfilled a lot of those hopes and dreams. It hasn't been perfect, and it hasn't always been easy. We've had our share of separations due to cruises and aggravation with military orders. For 30 years we moved frequently, often leaving friends behind, but making new ones at our next home. Over the years we have also had disappointments--maybe more than we wanted, but way less than we thought. We've laughed, cried, lost loved ones, gained new family and friends, regretted things, made memories, watched our children grow, seen our grandchildren born, argued, made up, and lived through all of it. I can only hope everyone reading this can some day say they too are married 36 years. Here's hoping for at least 36 more years.