Thirty two years of Bliss.
We were married in the Los Angeles temple on 17 December 1983. That was in the days when young people with poor parents had no money and loans were not easily available. We had maybe $600 total for our honeymoon which mostly came from money people gave us as wedding gifts at the reception. I remember driving down from LA to San Diego and stopping in a tourist booth to get a room for the night of our wedding. After a reception (there's a fun story about how we were late and Gary and Linda are in all the wedding pictures) we drove to Gilbert, Arizona to stay in my brother Gary's house part of a week while they were in San Diego for Christmas. It was all a great adventure and lots of fun.
We both had one more semester of school at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. We both got jobs in LA. For whatever reason, I get restless at work about every five years and quit perfectly good jobs to do something different. After nine years in LA, we moved to Gilbert with our three wonderful children, Josh, Nate, and baby Erin. It was a wonderful time especially living close to Gary, Linda, and their six fun children. Eventually, After 11 years in Phoenix, I got restless at work and we moved here to Tucson where I was finally not restless and planned to work for twenty years or so.
It's a wonderful life and Melody's been my sweetheart all these years.
Not much cancer news to tell you about. I'm doing much better than expected. Who knew I'd still be here after eighteen months?
Today I read aloud page 488 of 531 of the Book of Mormon. It's the very beginning of the book of Ether. Jared asked his brother to pray to the Lord for the benefit of his family and friends. "And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon their friends and their families also, that they not be confounded." Ether 1:37. I really like that they included their friends in the prayer.
It looks like I'll complete the Book of Mormon on 31 January 2016. Wow!!!
Apparently, Erin and Melody both posted on Facebook about it being our wedding anniversary today. Fun fun fun.
