April 24th, 2004. 50th Anniversary Party
on my parent’s 50th anniversary my brothers and i had a party for them. we held it
at the davis art center. their names are art and betty, so, for the night, we re-
named it the davis art and betty center. we had their wedding pictures blown up
poster size and hung them on the walls.
lots of people came, including some of my mom’s relatives from canada. several
people got up and made toasts. the one that stayed with me was by my cousin
cathy – my dad’s sister’s daughter. she described something she saw many years
earlier. it was at our house, in the evening, the sun was going down and it was
getting cooler. my dad got up and got one of my mom’s sweaters and put it over
her shoulders. she hadn’t said anything, he just knew she’d be getting chilly.
she put her hands on his and said “thank you, darling”.
they’ve always been very sweet to each other. it’s something i’m just used to.
when i heard her tell that story it made me appreciate them in a way i hadn’t before.