As many of you know, today marks an important day in our family’s history. It is Foy and Odela’s wedding anniversary. January 13, 1934, it started everything.
The only thing stronger than their love of each other and their family was their mutual love of Christ.
The story I want to tell today takes place after they acquired me. Mom was a seamstress (important to the story) and she wanted to go to town and get buttons for a dress she was making for me.
So dad drives and off we go to TG&Y, we go to the fabric department and we start looking at buttons. Please keep in mind these buttons are for MY dress. Mom finds buttons she likes, dad finds buttons he likes. They compare and contrast, all the while I’m just standing there looking confused. I finally said do I get a say in the buttons I like.
They both turned and stared at me like they had forgotten I was there, then they both began to laugh and dad said well I guess since they’re for your dress it only makes sense.
For the record I didn’t choose either of their buttons because I didn’t want them to think I was playing favorites, I was the new kid on the block after all.
I will give you a bit of advice, find someone in life that you can laugh with, that treats you like you are the most important person in their world. Find someone who treats you the way Foy treated Odela. With respect, kind words, loving attitude. Find someone who treats you the way Odela treated Foy. With respect, love and appreciation.
Find someone who values your opinion and really listens to you.
I miss them every day, I’ll always be grateful that they let me into their world and allowed me to be myself.
I always wonder if they knew how much I loved them and how much they taught me.
Happy Anniversary Foy and Odela!
Angie World 