32 years and going strong

Today I sat down and wrote something in honor of my parents...I am sending it out to our family and have posted it on my myspace page and now here...
Today is our parents’ thirty-second wedding anniversary. They were married on this date in 1975 on the Queen Mary and honeymooned with a Caribbean Cruise where my mother suffered a sever sun burn and my father showed how much he already loved my mother and that he would always take care of her. The many cold wet towels he applied and never complained. In 1980, I came along and so began the test of children and their joys we provide. 1983, my sister joined the family, not that anyone asked me if it was okay. However, at that moment our family was complete. Here they are thirty-two years later, in that time not only have they raised two great daughters and welcomed back our half sister and family. They have lasted and grown stronger through multiple back surgeries, heart attack, and a triple by pass and stints, lost of parents and other family members. 1996, summer the major accident that changed our family forever and affected my mother the most. Everyday my father was there by her side. Kept us girls in line and showed us strength to go on during uncertain times. Not once has either strayed from their vows. Through tragedies and Celebrations of life, their love has been cemented for all around to admire. They are devoted and loving parents and grandparents, showing tough love when needed. They are beyond statistics and have stood strong against all they have experienced. They have taught their daughters what true love is, what it means to love and to be loved. How compromising is not weakness but strength. That when you love someone you do what is right for the both and not just for you. They have taught us through their love for each other, how important it is to hold tight to your family, after all they will always be there for you and support you.
May my sister and I be so lucky to find a man like our father and to be a devoted loving wife like our mother, to be a supportive strong example to our children.
To my parents La’ Chaim (Remember us for life) and to many more happy years together. With our love and admiration your daughters.