Our 30th Wedding Anniversary
Today is my husband and my 30th wedding anniversary.
The picture above is from our 25th wedding anniversary
when we went to Alaska. For our 30th anniversary we
had planned to fly first class, cruise in a mini suite and
tour Hawaii to celebrate these wonderful years together.
We planned and saved for this trip for five years.
Instead, my husband will go to work and I will
gratefully care for two of our grandchildren.
Our daughter is our hero, working as a registered nurse
full time in the ICU unit of our local hospital. It is filled to
capacity with Covid patients. So many of her coworkers have
already been infected by the virus. My daughter has been
very careful but we know it is only a matter of time before
she may be infected too. Many of my family members have
been infected with the virus. Thankfully they have all
recovered. My husband, daughter and I talked and decided
it is in the best interest of our entire family for us to stay
away from my daughter and to move our grandkids into our
home until the pandemic gets better or she gets vaccinated.
I went from being in a pandemic slump and disappointed
we had to cancel Thanksgiving, to being excited to cook a
smaller dinner for our grandkids. We started watching
Christmas shows, talking about Santa and even how Santa
will deal with the virus. What a joy grandchildren can be.
Unfortunately I can’t see my other grandson, which I miss
dearly! We were going to my son’s home for Thanksgiving
but now all of our family will stay in their own homes.
Thanks goodness for Facetime!
What a wonderful way to celebrate our 30th anniversary, with
the grandkids and flowers. We can’t go out to dinner, on a trip
or even to a movie, but we are so happy just knowing we are all
safe and healthy. I hope all of you stay safe and healthy too!
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A very Happy Anniversary to you and your hubby. Your daughter is one of the many true hero’s for sure. I will be thinking of you and your family as well. At least you will have time with your grandkids and hopefully one day soon, we will al be able to spend time with all of our family. Hugs to you all.
Thank you for always being so kind Christy! You stay safe and have a great Thanksgiving as well.
Happy anniversary, Diane! Best wishes to you and your family. I hope you have an enjoyable Thanksgiving.
Thank you and you too Linda! π¦
Happy Anniversary ! We will keep your family in prayer!π Tell your daughter and husband thank you! We appreciate them.
I will, thank you so much Georgetta!
Happy anniversary!! And thank you to your daughter who is working so hard to keep everyone healthy.
Thank you so much, they are all working so hard in every hospital. π
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Anniversary! 2020 has been a challenge, but you certainly have a silver lining getting to spend time with your grandkids. I will pray for your daughter; she is a hero!
Thank you and have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving as well! β€οΈ
I applaud you for making sacrifices to keep yourself and your family safe. I realize how hard it must be for you, but was heartwarming to hear of your joy in caring for your grandkids. I too have a daughter working in the IU for covid patients. I pray every day that she keeps safe. We too will be spending Thanksgiving at home with our son. Everyone else will be at their home doing the same.
Enjoy your time with your special family on Thanksgiving.
Thank you Shelly and I know you understand how we feel. I pray your daughter and entire family stays safe and you have wonderful holidays. It is so worth the sacrifice of holidays this year to be able to celebrate them all in the years to come. β€οΈ
Happy Anniversary!
Thank you we had a nice day!
Happy wedding anniversaryπ₯³π₯³
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Happy wedding anniversary Diane π₯³π₯³ Such a nice way to celebrateππ
Thank you it was the best! Who needs Hawaii when we have family!
Congratulations! And thank you for sharing your lovely attitude.
Life is too short to have regrets. Why be angry over what we canβt change. Thank you Linda! π
Congratulations on such a key milestone!
Thank you Shelly it seems like we just celebrated our 25th! The years just fly by.
Congratulations Diane! β€οΈ So amazed at what your daughter, and your whole family, are doing! Hope you have a wonderful holiday and your family stays healthy and safeπ
Awww thank you and happy Thanksgiving to you too. Stay safe as well. β€οΈ
That is truly too bad that you can’t do your cruise this year, but, it is great that you are celebrating 30 years and looking on the bright side of things. Happy Anniversary and may you get to take your cruise sometime in the near future! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
Thank you Jinger!
Happy, Happy Anniversary, Diane! β€οΈ Enjoy your precious grandchildren!! Joy and Glory!
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Thank you Mitzy. Now I have something t look forward too! β€οΈ
Happy Anniversary and congratulations! I am sorry that you do not get to go to Hawaii this year. I hope that you get to go and have a great time when it is safe again to do so. Your story is heartwarming and inspiring. My sister is an RN as well. I hope and pray for your daughter and family’s safety from the virus.
You are so kind!!! Thank you so much and stay safe. π
It sounds like a wonderful 30th Anniversary after all. Many blessings to you both, and to your brave daughter.
Thank you June…I canβt wait to celebrate Christmas with the grandkids too. π
I am sorry I was so late reading this and my wishes are now belated Diane. I remember you mentioned your planned vacation and believe it was when you showed us the Christmas ornament you had ordered – what a disappointment. So many disappointments for this year and all various types of disappointments. I hope for 2021 you can take this trip – make it your 30th anniversary as 2020 was not worth counting as a year anyway with all its disappointments. Well your husband has good taste in flowers and is a perfect match for you too after all these years of wedded bliss. Happy anniversary Diane and Terry!
Thank you so much Linda! π
You’re so welcome Diane!
Happy Anniversary! Cheers to many more happy and loving years together!
Thank you Kelly. β€οΈ
Congratulations, happy anniversary x
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Congratulations on your wedding anniversary! π₯³π₯³π₯³
Thank you so much!
Happy happy anniversary Diana. Stay happy always.
Awe thank you! π₯°
Happy anniversary! And I will remember your daughter in our prayers here. Our dedicated health care workers are amazing. (I work in the human resources department for a major healthcare provider and daily speak with nurses who tell me about the unbelievable stress this global pandemic has brought to their lives.)
Awe thank you so much! You have a lot to worry about too it sounds like! Stay safe and Iβm glad they can talk to you about it. The other day all of the police, fire and ambulances parked in the hospital parking lot. When my daughter left work with her coworkers they put on all of their sirens and they all beeped their horns. She filmed it and it gave me goosebumps!
Congratulations! I hope you have many more happy years together β₯
Awe thank you, me too!
Happy Anniversary to you both! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your grandkids, and I wish your daughter all the very best – how incredibly brave she must be!
Thank you so much Erica! It turned out to be a wonderful Thanksgiving and the kids ate like crazy! Lol Thank you for your well wishes for my daughter. Iβm not sure any of the frontline workers are as brave as they are scared. I think the hardest part for her this time (we moved the kids in back in March through May) is missing the kids. I will be so happy when this is all over Erica, stay safe!
I hear you! I cannot wait until life is even quasi-normal again too. Glad to hear your family had a lovely Thanksgiving regardless of all the hardship. I send all my best to your daughter during this horrific time! Stay safe as well!
How wonderful that you have chosen to be there for your grandkids and creating a loving home for them. We have all had a change of life these days. Hoping your daughter stays well. There are so many delicious looking dishes on your website! I’m a vegetarian (pescatarian, actually), but sometimes find things I can adapt. Not the greatest cook, but I definitely have time these days to trying something new now and again.
You are so kind, thank you. I do occasionally post recipes without meat. I donβt know exactly what you can eat but I am going to try air fryer cauliflower by orders from my 6 year old grandson! Lol
Belated Anniversary Wishes! Congrats on 30 years β and so glad to hear your family is safe and well, all things considered. π
Thanks so much. We had our first snow overnight and the grandkids got a snow day. They were happy and outside as soon as they woke up…lol
Happy anniversary! I wish you many more to come
Thank you Winny as long as we stay healthy we will be together. π
Yes.You’re rightπ
Congratulations on your anniversary! …and best wishes to your daughter, I hope all goes well with her.
For all of you…
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields
That means a lot to me Jo! Thank you!
Family is the only strength during this pandemic. Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary
Isnβt that the truth, thank you Sadhana!
Happy Anniversary Diane. Ray and I went to Alaska for our 25th anniversary too. Your daughter is a hero and I pray that she does not get infected. I love that you are able to have your grandchildren with you to keep them safe and to hold them close. They will be your strength and love over the next little while. Stay safe, my friend. π·ππ€π
Thank you Carla! Having the grandkids here has taken away the gloom and doom from the virus. They make us laugh, they fight, they talk back….all the normal kid stuff! Their excitement for Christmas just lights up my heart. I am looking forward to Christmas but feeling so sad for my daughter. We FaceTime all the important stuff like today when ELFIE (Elf on the shelf) showed up at our house.
We will never have a more wonderful trip than Alaska. It was perfect in every way, nothing went wrong. Great minds think alike…lol
When my grandson saw my tree last week, it was priceless. I wish I would have taken a video. He is only 2 and he was so excited. Glad things are going well.
Awwww how sweet! If we could just bottle up all these wonderful memories. He will really enjoy Christmas this year.
Happy (belated) anniversary!
Thank you it has been a wonderful 30 years.
What a wonderful milestone … happy (belated) 30th anniversary. You and your husband are truly blessed to have each other π. We will be married for 25 years this year and I thank the Lord every day for His blessings in our marriage.
Hope you will get your anniversary journey soon … think about it, now you have more time to add to your savings for an even greater trip!
Hope your daughter is still doing fine – will keep her in our prayers ππ»
Awe you are very sweet! Thank you for your kind words!β€οΈ
Congratulations and happy anniversary!
Thank you!