Big Day on Friday 4/4!

This Friday 4/4, will be the happiest day of my life. I will be celebrating 27 wonderful years of being married to Angela. Guess what else happened in 1981?

• First flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
• The first year that the word Internet was mentioned and MS-DOS was released by Microsoft along with the first IBM PC.
• Gas costs $1.25 per gallon
• Iran released the 52 American hostages
• Ronald Reagan became the President
• Lady Diana Spencer married Charles, Prince of Wales
• Post-it notes were launched by 3M
• Raiders of the Lost Ark and Nine to Five, movies were released
• Diana Ross and Lionel Richie released "Endless Love"

WOW! A lot has also happened with us since 1981:

• 3 wonderful sons
• Angela's dad, Billy Reid, went home to be with the Lord
• We moved to Tennessee for 10 years
• Moved back to Ohio
• Jeff has worked for 5 different companies
• Angela stayed home and raised the boys, then went back to work
• Tyler graduated college and has been teaching school for 2 years
• Brandon graduates college this year
• Corey was 1 more year of college
• We have had 3 or 4 different dogs
• 20 some cats all at 1 time, and yes I was accidentally responsible for the demise of 1 of them
• Sat through too many soccer, baseball, football, and basketball practices and games to count all over Tennessee and Ohio
• AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

People ask, what does it take to stay happily married for such a long time, and all I can say what worked for us.

• Putting God #1, with words and actions
• Unconditional LOVE
• Honest and open communication
• Admitting mistakes
• Having patience
• Learn to say, "yes, Dear, you look great in that dress" helps also.

Thank you, Angela for making the past 27 years wonderful, looking forward to the next 27 and beyond!