"Grow Old Along With Me."

Marty's Engagement Picture August 1969

Grow old along with me,
The best is yet to be.
When our time has come
We will be as one.
God bless our love,
God bless our love.

Dee dressing for wedding day.

Grow old along with me.
Two branches of one tree
Face the setting sun
When the day is done.
God bless our love,
God bless our love.

Wedding Celebration

Sharing our lives together,
Man and wife together,
World without end,
World without end...

Dee and Marty, growing old together, 2007

Grow old along with me.
Whatever fate decrees
We will see it through,
For our love is true.
God bless our love,
God bless our love.

Dee and I started out young, and today celebrate 38 years of growing up, and growing old together!
We were married 9/9/69, never to part, through time and all eternity.
Time is slipping by, but by eternity standards, we've still got a lot of joy to anticipate together.
God has blessed our love.

A few words on marriage from my 38 years of experience:

1. Invite God into the marriage.
   
2. When there are choices between the desires of the husband or the wife, choose what would support the marriage.
   
3. The marriage becomes the unit that supports the individuals.
   
4. When we put our marriage before ourselves, there is security and harmony in the home. The whole family feels safe because the foundation is sound.
   
5. Love is an action verb. It's something we DO, not something we wait to have done to us. If we feel unloved, it indicates we are not loving. Being married to the one you love is totally fun, energizing, relaxing, comforting, exhilarating, peaceful and entertaining. I know!
   

"Spending our lives together,
Man and wife together,
World without end,
World without end.
Grow old along with me...
The best is yet to be."

This was one of the last songs recorded by John Lennon, just a few days before his death at his home in 1980. It was never finished, but released as it was. Just like him.