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MiHale

(12,626 posts)
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 07:46 AM Dec 14

52 years ago...We were wed...

It began with touch, one hand slipping into another’s fitting seamlessly.
That bond felt eternal, two hands exploring each other’s love touching the other’s life, today…always.

Snow melts, grass greens, colorful autumn leaves fall…again and again.

Stumbles, rejoices, tears and laughter, repeat yet again…the bond holds.

In the rush of the day…in the quiet of the night, it ends with a touch, one hand slipping into the other’s….bonding seamlessly.

As our bodies fade and we become indistinct to the world the last line from a poem comes to mind.

“Our almost-instinct almost true: What will survive of us is love.” *

Happy Anniversary…I have always loved you.




* An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin

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52 years ago...We were wed... (Original Post) MiHale Dec 14 OP
This is our anniversary too! LakeVermilion Dec 14 #1
Happy anniversary to you. too.LakeVermilion debm55 Dec 14 #3
Happy anniversary! Brilliant minds.. MiHale Dec 14 #9
Happy Aniversary to you and Mrs. MiHale. debm55 Dec 14 #2
Thank you, deb... MiHale Dec 14 #10
You are welcome debm55 Dec 14 #13
Happy Anniversary SheltieLover Dec 14 #4
Thanks SheltieLover... MiHale Dec 14 #11
Congratulations. sinkingfeeling Dec 14 #5
Thank you MiHale Dec 14 #12
Wonderful! Congratulations. There is nothing more beautiful, to my mind, than a long life of love. n/t. NNadir Dec 14 #6
It has been great, thank you, NNadir MiHale Dec 14 #14
And I meant to say that I admired your poetic description of the day and the life. NNadir Dec 14 #21
MiHale, I hope you and the missus enjoy a wonderful day today on your anniversary! True Dough Dec 14 #7
Merci bien, True Dough.... MiHale Dec 14 #15
Oh, so now I understand True Dough Dec 14 #17
👍 MiHale Dec 14 #18
How wonderful. Happy Anniversary to you both. LoisB Dec 14 #8
Thank you LoisB... MiHale Dec 14 #16
Happy anniversary! cate94 Dec 14 #19
Thank you, cate.... MiHale Dec 14 #20
Happy 51st Anniversary 💖 Clouds Passing Dec 14 #22
Thank you Clouds Passing... MiHale Dec 14 #25
So many congratulations! irisblue Dec 14 #23
Thank you iris... MiHale Dec 14 #26
Happy happy joy joy to you 2. Botany Dec 14 #24
Thanks Botany.... MiHale Dec 14 #27
Happy Anniversary. 55 here and counting. My maternal grandparents reached 70 years. Hoping we can match that record. usaf-vet Dec 14 #28
Thanks usaf... MiHale Dec 14 #30
How lovely malaise Dec 14 #29
Thanks mal...send up some Jamaican Christmas warmth to Michigan...🤞 MiHale Dec 14 #31
You need it malaise Dec 14 #40
Congrats! ProfessorGAC Dec 14 #32
Thank you... MiHale Dec 14 #34
Congratulations to you both, MiHale! MIButterfly Dec 14 #33
Thank you, MIButterfly... MiHale Dec 14 #35
Happy Anniversary! Marthe48 Dec 14 #36
Thank you, Marthe.... MiHale Dec 14 #38
Congratulations Emile Dec 14 #37
Thank you and congrats in advance... MiHale Dec 14 #39

LakeVermilion

(1,496 posts)
1. This is our anniversary too!
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:01 AM
Dec 14

While some people make fun of our December wedding, we have noticed that restaurants and shops are all decorated when we go out to celebrate!

NNadir

(37,299 posts)
6. Wonderful! Congratulations. There is nothing more beautiful, to my mind, than a long life of love. n/t.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:56 AM
Dec 14

True Dough

(25,831 posts)
17. Oh, so now I understand
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:37 AM
Dec 14

that you also won your wife's heart with your international linguistic skills!

usaf-vet

(7,753 posts)
28. Happy Anniversary. 55 here and counting. My maternal grandparents reached 70 years. Hoping we can match that record.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:51 AM
Dec 14

MiHale

(12,626 posts)
30. Thanks usaf...
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:59 AM
Dec 14

We were 16….her, 17….me, when we first knew. We sat on an old torn down silo foundation and talked away the night…the bond was started.

ProfessorGAC

(75,852 posts)
32. Congrats!
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 12:10 PM
Dec 14

December wedding!
Risky 'round these parts. Even our March wedding was a risk that played out ok. 72° & sunny that day.

MiHale

(12,626 posts)
34. Thank you...
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 12:30 PM
Dec 14

We had a big snowstorm the day or two before…streets were still messy. But oh well, Michigan weather…

MIButterfly

(2,079 posts)
33. Congratulations to you both, MiHale!
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 12:22 PM
Dec 14

You are truly fortunate to have found each other. That's what life is all about. I wish you many more happy years together!

All my best,
MIButterfly

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