Silver

When my husband and I eloped 25 years ago, I didn't give much thought to the distant future. Or at least that's what a "silver wedding anniversary" seemed like at the time.

Most years we don't do much celebrating (neither of us are particularly romantic) and only a handful of the gifts we've exchanged were memorable. I've blogged before about the shotgun I received for our first anniversary... probably the best gift! On our fifth I received a diamond ring since I'd only had a gold band up to that point. We gave each other desk chairs on our 10th.

There were several ideas tossed around over the past few months for gift possibilities this year. It was a "big one" and we wanted to do it up right. However, we woke on the day of our anniversary and nothing had been decided. Or so I thought. My dear, sweet husband totally surprised me with the necklace pictured here! Isn't it beautiful?!


After a fairly routine morning (with the exception of my surprise gift!) and a light lunch we set out. First stop was Simmons Sporting Goods in Bastrop, LA. He'd had his eye on a particular shotgun for several months and wanted to see one in real life. It passed his inspection and ended up being my anniversary gift to him. From there we headed south to Monroe, LA to the Sams Club warehouse store. We picked up a few items we needed along with a Bose docking station for my iPod. How about that.... I ended up with TWO great gifts!! We finished the evening with dinner in West Monroe before heading back to Arkansas.

In some ways it seems like just the other day that we got married. In other ways...it seems like an eternity! Sure, we've had our ups and downs (it wouldn't be normal if we hadn't), but looking back the good far outweighs the bad. God has truly blessed us!