Happy 59th Anniversary. I’m going to tell you a story that I’ve heard all my life. How daddy stole mama on Christmas Day. I may get some facts wrong but this is how I remember it going. I love this story. Mama and Daddy, met when she went to the beach with a friend and her family to visit the friends boyfriend ( he may have already been a fiancée, I can’t remember that detail) He was in the navy stationed at Jacksonville Florida. That’s where mama met daddy. Daddy was also in the Navy stationed at Jacksonville Florida. I think the story goes he and the other guy( can’t remember his name)drove from Jacksonville Florida to North Carolina every weekend end after that. I guess you could say love at first site. Mama’s mama and daddy were not very happy about mama seeing daddy if I remember correctly. So they really didn’t announce to anyone that they were seeing each other. On Christmas Day 1959, Mama was supposed to go to a wedding with the family but she played sick. And that’s when daddy stole her. As they drove to Alabama. They had planned to get married before they arrived at my Nanny and Grandaddy’s house. That part didn’t exactly workout as planned. (I can’t remember why, might be because it was Christmas Day and nothing was open, only a guess) I have heard in the telling of this great adventure that daddy stopped at every state line and mama walked across because mama was 16 and daddy was 19. And he could have gotten in big trouble for carrying a minor over state lines... lol... when they showed up at my Grandparents house(daddy’s parents, Wallace and Estelle Smith, who knew they were coming). But thought the would already be married. When Nanny found out they weren’t married yet she sat up in mama’s room all night and I think I’ve heard that Granddaddy said “Estelle you’ve got the get them married “ lol... so off the Trenton Georgia they went on December 26, 1959. Since mama was 16 she had to have a parent sign for her and Nanny (daddy’s mama) signed for her to get married (sometimes I wonder at the legality of that) but it was recorded at the courthouse so it was legal and binding. And that was the beginning of mama and daddy’s 59 years of wedded bliss.... lol ... not that there weren’t many bumps in their Road. Daddy was in the navy and I was born in Jacksonville Florida on the naval base. Mama was admitted to the hospital a month before I was born because of Preeclampsia( super high blood pressure). Where she couldn’t get out of bed for that month. That couldn’t have been easy on a newly married couple away from all there family. But it was just one little bump in their Road. God has truly blessed them, they have always held to God’s hand no matter the trial. Laura, John and I are truly blessed to have be born to them. They weren’t perfect and neither are we. But I know if there anything We ever need my mama will move heaven and earth to see that I get it. And their 9 grandchildren are so blessed especially the older ones, with camping trips and day trips, and much time spent with them. That helped them become the adults they are today. I say daddy did a pretty good job when he stole mama from North Carolina. The story I’ve told is as I remember it being told to me. The some facts may be wrong but the main fact is correct. James and Evelyn Smith are celebrating their 59th wedding anniversary today. And no matter how it started it has had God’s hand on it from the beginning. So forgive me if I’ve gotten some of the facts wrong(I really don’t think I have). But I think it’s a beautiful story. I’ve heard it all my life. It’s part of my story. Love you Mama and Daddy Happy Anniversary.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33
There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don’t understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman. Proverbs 30:18-19
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Ecclesiastes 4:9
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:2-
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth. Genesis 1:27-28
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. Mark 10:9
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10
Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. Song of Solomon 2:16
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. Song of Solomon 8:7
I have found the one whom my soul loves. Song of Solomon 3:4
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33
There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don’t understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman. Proverbs 30:18-19
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Ecclesiastes 4:9
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:2-
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth. Genesis 1:27-28
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. Mark 10:9
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10
Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. Song of Solomon 2:16
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. Song of Solomon 8:7
I have found the one whom my soul loves. Song of Solomon 3:4
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