tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post1642552756056109123..comments2023-05-02T12:33:58.182+01:00Comments on Perpetually In Transit: There are some days you can’t forget… Perpetuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-58485689796416157462013-05-05T17:09:28.278+01:002013-05-05T17:09:28.278+01:00Thanks, Spindrift. Oh yes, DH could have stood in ...Thanks, Spindrift. Oh yes, DH could have stood in for one or other of the Beatles in their early career. By the time this was taken they had moved into their hippy phase.:-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-28101276036413460862013-05-05T12:19:11.910+01:002013-05-05T12:19:11.910+01:00A belated congratulations to you both! The photo i...A belated congratulations to you both! The photo is a real gem - I didn't know you married a pop star (DH could substitute for several heart throbs of the time!)<br /><br />Spindrift51Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-76023585508716935172013-05-03T18:55:21.932+01:002013-05-03T18:55:21.932+01:00Debra, I would SO love to be able to sit over a cu...Debra, I would SO love to be able to sit over a cup (or several) of tea and talk to you about my second career until the cows came home! I can't think of anything I would enjoy more. :-) Despite our very different settings and experience, I think we have a lot in common in terms of family and interests and our approach to life. I shall look forward to the post you'll make when you and Jay reach that 45 year mark. ;-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-15485345452860194812013-05-03T17:10:17.217+01:002013-05-03T17:10:17.217+01:00I am so glad to have learned just a little bit mor...I am so glad to have learned just a little bit more about you, Perpetua. I have been interested in your second career as parish priest. I would love to be able to sit across a cup of tea and delve more into that journey, but since that's not possible, I just look for tidbits of the story as you can share them. :-) The content of our lives is somewhat different, but I've been married 41 years, have raised two children and now delight in grandmotherhood, and I think you've described what I think of as the joys of very ordinary days. I love the aspects of my life that are simply routine and nurturing. I don't crave more. You live in gratitude, and that's what I attempt to do each day. My wedding wasn't much larger--maybe 50 family members and a couple of friends, in the living room of my parent's home. I loved reading this, my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-78784960712957972462013-05-02T09:45:55.901+01:002013-05-02T09:45:55.901+01:00Thanks, Annie. Ah, but you have far more years ahe...Thanks, Annie. Ah, but you have far more years ahead of you than we do, so I'm betting you reach these dizzy heights too. :-) You're so right about lifelong partnerships, with all the shared memories and experiences and the growing old together. I wouldn't have missed any of it.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-54606129688395539472013-05-02T09:41:58.375+01:002013-05-02T09:41:58.375+01:00Thanks, DB. They have been good years. Glad you e...Thanks, DB. They have been good years. Glad you enjoyed the photos. I felt I couldn't let this particular day go unrecorded and as I've never been a journal-keeper, the blog was the only place. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-50866077065642527852013-05-01T23:52:05.295+01:002013-05-01T23:52:05.295+01:00Congratulations! I too have been married to my man...Congratulations! I too have been married to my man since I was 21. Lifelong partnerships are the very best thing! (I say that, but we're trailing your time together by 15 years!)<br /><br />And Happy Birthday to your grandson too :)Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-15067127617065885222013-05-01T23:21:37.200+01:002013-05-01T23:21:37.200+01:00Congratulations twice over! What a heartwarming po...Congratulations twice over! What a heartwarming post, with two wonderful photos. May you have many more years of joy together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-62700455821869655412013-05-01T16:42:17.527+01:002013-05-01T16:42:17.527+01:00Thanks, Janice. There's something about any ph...Thanks, Janice. There's something about any photo of a brand-new baby that tugs at the heart and I do think DH and I looked quite smart (for us). I echo your wish and keep telling DH that if we get to 50 years, i'll insist on a party. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-73998613662639152782013-05-01T16:21:22.910+01:002013-05-01T16:21:22.910+01:00Happy anniversary P. The photo ( actually both of ...Happy anniversary P. The photo ( actually both of them) is wonderful. You both look so stylish. I hope you continue to feel you are the luckiest woman alive for many more years. JxJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-21249219402484244712013-05-01T11:42:11.586+01:002013-05-01T11:42:11.586+01:00Thanks, Penny, it is indeed a special day. You hav...Thanks, Penny, it is indeed a special day. You have no idea how many young British men had Beatle hairstyles back then. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-48950442479568531242013-05-01T11:40:51.384+01:002013-05-01T11:40:51.384+01:00Thanks so much, Kathy. You are so right about the ...Thanks so much, Kathy. You are so right about the difference between a big, glossy wedding and a good marriage. They are not mutually exclusive, of course, but sadly I've conducted some lavish weddings during my ministry, only to see the relationship founder within a very few years. DH and I often think back to our rather unusual wedding day with a smile, as I'm sure your cousin and her husband do.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-34475816300179805332013-05-01T11:34:51.220+01:002013-05-01T11:34:51.220+01:00Awww, thanks, PolkaDot. Yes, DH really was rather ...Awww, thanks, PolkaDot. Yes, DH really was rather cute back then, as the photo shows. :-) Goldenoldenlady said the same thing recently, but I never knew it applied to you too. It must be what comes of growing up in an almost exclusively female household. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-27676221776656413322013-05-01T03:14:23.587+01:002013-05-01T03:14:23.587+01:00Happy, happy day! What a lovely post. And your DH ...Happy, happy day! What a lovely post. And your DH looks like a Beatle!Penelopepiscopalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110169815273159849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-77820191087626877792013-05-01T03:06:16.198+01:002013-05-01T03:06:16.198+01:00You and DH are so blessed -- with each other, with...You and DH are so blessed -- with each other, with your family, with all that you have shared through the years! Congratulations on your 45th anniversary! It's love and the willingness to work together, to share and to forgive many times over that make a marriage -- not a big, lavish wedding. That's a point that all too many young couples don't grasp. <br /><br />My cousin Caron married her high school sweetheart and they just celebrated their 55th anniversary. Their wedding was like yours -- nothing fancy at all with street clothes and an at-home reception with food her mom made -- but it was the beginning of a similarly remarkable life together. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing all these years of joy with us! It's so inspiring to read!Dr. Kathy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-50681712141883609292013-04-30T23:11:53.657+01:002013-04-30T23:11:53.657+01:00Aah Perpetua that's brought tears to my eyes. ...Aah Perpetua that's brought tears to my eyes. <br /><br />You forget to say what an attractive young man DH was, such that both me & goldenoldenlady, as teenagers, had mini-crushes on! (Don't tell DH that!)<br /><br />Wishing you many more happy contented years together!PolkaDothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753780150155246671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-79507156351195002732013-04-30T21:58:44.840+01:002013-04-30T21:58:44.840+01:00Thanks, baby Sis. Gosh, I didn't know April 29...Thanks, baby Sis. Gosh, I didn't know April 29th was a significant day for you and The Husband too. That was the beginning of something very special for you both and yes, you did make your minds up very quickly.:-) DH and I met the day before my 21st birthday and married 5 days after my 22nd, which wasn't exactly slow either, given that we were very busy being students as well. <br /><br />I know exactly how many years you've been married as I will never forget your lovely wedding day. It's quality, not just quantity that counts, you know. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-76486726336169232422013-04-30T21:34:35.688+01:002013-04-30T21:34:35.688+01:00Congratulations to you and our dear b-in-l.
29 Ap...Congratulations to you and our dear b-in-l.<br /><br />29 April 2000 was the beginning of the first ever BH weekend The Husband and I spent together a deux, when he travelled by train from HH to Long Hanborough via central London and Oxford to visit me. Thereafter we never bothered with trains, as we didn't "court" for long. I drove over to see him a few times, and after a month or so of that I moved in with him. I said we made our minds up quickly, didn't I?!<br /><br />Of course, I still had my own place as I moved into my little Welsh house as well in May 2000, breaking twenty years of ties with West Oxon along the way. Fortunately The Husband fell in love with mid-Wales as well as falling in love with me, and so here we are full-time now.<br /><br />It's our tenth wedding anniversary this year, on 31 May, so we will be in our early seventies before we even make silver. I guess we will never catch you up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702475308562601190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-83504689179116157352013-04-30T21:13:27.974+01:002013-04-30T21:13:27.974+01:00LOL, Catriona. I'm always doing things like th...LOL, Catriona. I'm always doing things like that. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-68993012809776900852013-04-30T21:13:00.050+01:002013-04-30T21:13:00.050+01:00Thanks, Catriona. It's always a special day, b...Thanks, Catriona. It's always a special day, but this year seemed to have even more significance for us. DH and I are certainly very proud of our children and grandchildren, but for ourselves I think deep gratitude is the overriding emotion we feel.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-48900471758317241682013-04-30T20:30:32.809+01:002013-04-30T20:30:32.809+01:00oops, sorry, Perpetua not Perpetus! Must learn to...oops, sorry, Perpetua not Perpetus! Must learn to proof read my own stuff :(Catrionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-30533461398544265012013-04-30T20:29:40.943+01:002013-04-30T20:29:40.943+01:00That is such a lovely post Perpetus - strange how ...That is such a lovely post Perpetus - strange how in every family there are some dates that ooze significance. You and DH should be so proud of yourselves, and of your children and grandchildren. Many congratulations and even more blessings xxCatrionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-36601291731346996792013-04-30T18:25:32.504+01:002013-04-30T18:25:32.504+01:00Thanks, BtoB. I was afraid I would sound over-sent...Thanks, BtoB. I was afraid I would sound over-sentimental but every word is true. I've always tried to concentrate on the good things in life, as these are the ones really worth cherishing and celebrating.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-6106575092275570342013-04-30T18:23:21.390+01:002013-04-30T18:23:21.390+01:00Thanks, Dee. I'm so pleased to see you back re...Thanks, Dee. I'm so pleased to see you back reading and commenting, as it must mean you are feeling better after your recent ill-health. We do miss you when you're not around. :-)<br /><br />I'm glad you enjoyed the birthday post as well as the anniversary one. We did wonder about getting married on my birthday, but instead chose to have two special occasions only 5 days apart. The fact that much later one of our grandsons came along on our anniversary was the icing on the cake.<br /><br />You're right about the contentment DH and I have always felt in our life together. I know it doesn't sound like a very exciting emotion, but it's durable and satisfying. We were so young when we married, but the kernel was there from the beginning and you saw it in that photo taken on our wedding day. We have been blessed.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705825161954545710.post-29491379262363699972013-04-30T17:12:41.078+01:002013-04-30T17:12:41.078+01:00Beautiful post P. I wish more people would spread...Beautiful post P. I wish more people would spread love around like this to counteract all the negative aspects we hear about every day. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.com