A very special day.

Happy 60th Anniversary Russ and Sue Winter

This was a very special day with Russ and Sue, their family and friends.  We all met at Harvest Table restaurant in Hermann, MO.   We enjoyed seeing Russ and Sue again.  They are very special people to us and to many others.  We got to meet some of their friends and family we had not met before.  We even met great great grandchildren.  We had a reunion with others we had met in Florida when Russ and Sue had a house next door to us.

We enjoyed a delicious luncheon together.  We were served briscut, green beans and mashed potatoes.  We also had a slice of this delicious anniversary cake.  Harvest Table was the perfect place for a celebration like this.  They have a room in the rear of the restaurant that offers some privacy for speaches and conversations.  I was honored to be asked to say the blessing before our meal.  This special day was arranged by Sandy, Sherry and Jenny, Russ and Sue's daughters.

I felt the Lord helped me with the right words for their blessing at the meal.  It went like this:  Lord, we are gathered here today to celebrate and honor two people who took a vow before you 60 years ago.  They have honored you Lord by keeping that vow.  You have blessed them with family and this world's goods showing your love for them.  You have taken the joys, dreams, heartaches and sorrows and woven them into a beautiful fabric which is their marriage.

I was told by Russ and Sue's brother-in-law, George, that between the four Winter siblings there has been 236 years of marriage to the same people.  That must be some kind of record today with short term marriages being so prevalent.  There was a day when a vow meant something.  We are so proud of our friends who have honored not only each other but God Himself before whom they made oaths.

Darlie and I with Russ and Sue