The Cufflinks to Commemorate 50 Years
June 8th, 2009
I was so proud of my Mom and Dad when it came to their 50th wedding anniversary. They had stuck it out through the good and the bad and had made it to the big 50!
They met each other at school and it was love at first sight. They were instantly drawn to each other even though they were only in their teens. They were together 5 years before they got married. Soon after they did they had my sister Rose. She was one of 7 kids and poor Rose is the only one who isn’t a twin! My Mom proceeded to pop out three sets of twins, all girls much to my Dad’s dismay. Even though she hadn’t given him the boy he was hoping for we more than made up for it by climbing trees, learning to shoot and doing lots of other tomboy stuff. Soon we were all grown up and had moved out or were off at college. My Dad worked so hard to get us all through college and it really put a strain on their relationship. But he wanted to do right by his kids so we got the best education we could. Soon we were all having kids of our own and my Mom and Dad would regularly have us all (22 of us) round for Sunday lunch. So when it came to celebrate 50 years of their marriage it was something truly special. We clubbed together and bought my Mom a portrait of the whole family and bought my dad some sterling silver square locket cufflinks with both his and Moms picture in it. It took me a while to look through all the engravable cufflinks before I decided on the locket pair. I thought he would want to have her close to him no matter where they were and this cufflinks would do just that.
