{"id":2572,"date":"2014-02-04T09:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T14:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2014-02-04T09:30:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T14:30:50","slug":"on-my-parents-60th-wedding-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/on-my-parents-60th-wedding-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"On My Parent’s 60th Wedding Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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60 years ago today, Martha Gartee and Charles Price stood side-by-side and exchanged wedding vows. \u00a0They promised to love and to cherish each other for rich or for poor, in sickness and in health until death parts them.\u00a0 Sadly, those words are still popular in weddings today, but not so much in marriage. \u00a0For my parents, though, it meant something on that day. \u00a0It meant that whatever lay ahead, no matter how tough it may get, they would work through it together<\/em>. \u00a0That was their goal and that’s exactly what they have done.<\/p>\n

On this day, sixty years ago, no one could have known how much those vows would be tested just a short 16 months later as they were forced to say goodbye to a baby they never got a chance to really know. \u00a0At just 6 weeks old, these still newlyweds, living alone hundreds of miles from home serving in the military, had to deal with a tragedy no parent of any age should ever have to deal with. \u00a0Yet, barely into their twenties, they did…and they did it together<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Where many marriages fall apart during such deep tragedy, this one got stronger.\u00a0 By God’s grace, they came to understand the need to press in closer to each other where too many couples drift apart. \u00a0No, life would never be the same.\u00a0 In many ways, the loss of 1955 defined them, determining how they would deal with each other and the three other children they would later come to have.\u00a0 Through it all, though, they never lost the love they have had for each other and the commitment to stick it out…for better or for worse.<\/p>\n

In all of this, my parent’s marriage has taught me many things and has demonstrated what marriage can look like. \u00a0It’s not perfect, as no marriage is.\u00a0 They have their moments of disagreement and, thankfully, they allowed us to witness that which also gave us the opportunity to see what it means to confess wrongs and ask for and receive forgiveness…bedrock for a successful marriage. \u00a0 Though imperfect, my parent’s marriage is solid and that is saying a lot in a world where marriage is not only optional among young adults who choose more often to live together with no real commitment, and where divorce is as common as indigestion, but where the very definition of marriage is being fundamentally transformed into anything conceivable under the sun.<\/p>\n

My parents have taught me what it means to suffer deeply but to come out on the other side strong. \u00a0No one ever knows what will come their way in life, yet it is possible to not only get through it together, but through God-given strength and persistence, we can even grow stronger and closer as a result.\u00a0 Through that strength, I have seen what it means to be one with your spouse.\u00a0 Mom and Dad have always shown a unified front with us kids.\u00a0 If you failed to get permission from one of them, there was no use in going to the other in hopes of getting a more favorable answer.\u00a0 The first question was always, “What did your mother say?”\u00a0 or “What did daddy say?”.\u00a0 If they ever disagreed with each other on the answer given by the other one, I didn’t know about it.\u00a0 There was always a singular voice.\u00a0 I’ve come to appreciate just how important that is in raising children; in providing them a solid foundation knowing that mom and dad are always going to stand together…even if, at the moment, you really didn’t want them to!<\/p>\n

My parents have also taught me what it means to keep a promise. \u00a0They have demonstrated that marriage is hard work, but it is not impossible. \u00a0Because of the example that my parents set and because of the grace of God, my wife and I determined before we said “I do” that divorce was not an option. \u00a0Seeing my parents keep that commitment has given us a living example that, though it sometimes seems<\/em> impossible to fulfill (and at times we didn’t really want<\/em> to fulfill as the mountains appeared<\/em> insurmountable), we have forged ahead and continued working at this gift God has given us…and experienced the blessings that come through the struggle now twenty years later!<\/p>\n

So today, on this 60th anniversary of the day my parents said “I do” and have chosen<\/em> to say it every day since, I say “thank you<\/em>“. \u00a0Thank you for loving your kids through it all without condition, for setting an example worthy of following and for never quitting on the commitment you made to each other all those years ago.\u00a0 Happy anniversary!<\/p>\n

I love you.<\/p>\n

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60 years ago today, Martha Gartee and Charles Price stood side-by-side and exchanged wedding vows. \u00a0They promised to love and to cherish each other for rich or for poor, in sickness and in health until death parts them.\u00a0 Sadly, those words are still popular in weddings today, but not so much in marriage. \u00a0For my…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"On My Parent's 60th Wedding Anniversary http:\/\/wp.me\/p3jKZO-Fu","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[9,595],"tags":[619,621,622,273,620,623],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3jKZO-Fu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4213,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/65-years-and-counting-only-by-the-grace-of-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":2572,"position":0},"title":"65 Years and Counting…Only By the Grace of God","date":"February 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"65 years ago today, a very young couple stood hand-in-hand to declare their undying love and devotion to each other, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, until death parts them. 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