Happy 50th & 51st Wedding Anniversary Mom & Dad!
July 30, 2015
Some people go for quality, and some for quantity; and, if you’re lucky enough in love you get both, like our parents celebrating 51 years of marriage today. This may look a lot like last year’s tribute, but much like our parents, “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.”
Thank you to our parents for always helping us through the tears, fears, jeers and showing us through your obvious love & devotion to one another over the last 50 that if you’re doing it right-every year is best of years.
Dating in February 1965-Lee’s Bowling Alley
Forty-nine was fine but fifty years?
Upon refelction my mom wondered if they ever owned mirrors.
1965 leaning against her dad’s 1960 Chevy with her steady
We three girls find it hard to imagine
Our parents had a life before their daughters became such a distraction.
May 1965 The only “relaxed” picture of our Father
If only he’d have known how much estrogen was in store
The poor man would have headed towards the door!
Married at the JP in New Castle, PA July 30, 1965
They ran off in secret and got married
Fearful if their parents found out they’d be buried.
First Married Christmas together December 1965
Elegant dress of canary
but sadly Dad’s dancing–less than extraordinary
New Year’s Eve 1965
Mom’s new shoes were never the same
But that soon wouldn’t matter ’cause they’d be out of that game
Amy with Mom in 1967
July 1967
was their first little taste of Heaven
Easter Sunday 1970
A parasol in snow is quite a look
Thankfully this womean is an amazing cook!
Along I came in 1972
It was a family of three
then came along lil old me
1975
Looking shy and demure as the lil sis
A stage almost everyone would come to miss
Laura’s Christening 1976
We were four
No more
Christmas Amy, Melayna & Laura 1976
Laura ran before she could walk
Fitting since she was the talented family jock
Our childhood home Carnegie, PA 1975
This is where life’s lessons were taught & often sought:”You don’t have money, we make money if you want things you work for them”
“Learn on someone else’s dime”
“No matter how many times you fall remember what you learned on your way back up”
1979
“Remember to get back up”
“No matter how badly you think you have it someone always has it better & someone always has it worse”
1986
2002
“It’s ok if people underestimate you, it will be twice as rewarding when they figure out that was their mistake”
“The smartest person in the room is the most observant one”
“We’re not going to throw you a parade just because you did what was expected of you”
“Own your mistakes but don’t take credit for other people’s mistakes”
July 2005 40th Wedding Anniversary Eddie V’s Scottsdale, AZ
Dad’s 75th Birthday Orange Sky January 2014
Mom’s 75th Birthday September 2014 Steak 44, Phoenix
And one I figured out recently with their amazing strength, love and support:
“It’s not about being right, it’s about doing right”
My mom told me years ago that once you’re a parent you’re always a parent and when your kids cry or are hurt regardless of age, it hits a parent twice as hard.
My choices over the last five years to do what’s right have hurt the people I care about the most with their blessings and support which makes them more than incredible it makes them extraordinary.
Happy 50th & 51st Mom & Dad!
We love you!
Roger
Check your date on the Chevy, it’s a 1960.
Melayna Lokosky
Thanks! Was going off mom’s memory.