55 Years Ago Today....

55 years ago today, a shy beautiful young girl named Gladys Bertram became the bride of a dashing, handsome young man named Naymon Watson! Out of those beautiful 55 years have come four children who are so very proud to call them Mom & Dad; Jackie (married to Kenny) Vetter, Rusty (married to Penny) Watson, Melanie (married to Noble) Calvert and Beth (married to Jeff) Forey. Each of their children have been blessed to give them grandchildren; Rosemary (Jackie's oldest and married to Byron) Gee, Jenny (Jackie's youngest and married to Keith) Morgan, Casey Watson (Rusty's oldest) and Whitney Watson (Rusty's youngest), Devanie Calvert (Melanie's oldest), Braeden Calvert (Melanie's 2nd), Eian Calvert (Melanie's youngest), Brianna Forey (Beth's oldest) and Taylor Forey (Beth's youngest. A few of those grandchildren have been blessed to give them great grandchildren; Mique Lynn (Rosemary's oldest and our little Angel), Kaleb Gee (Rosemary's youngest), Madyson, Maya, Maisy, Moriah & Aden Morgan (Jenny's children).

As you can see, what started out as 2 has now become 26!!!! I am sure that number will continue to change, as a matter of fact, I know it will because Casey will be getting married to Kendra on June 23rd which will make us 27!!! I am sure they never thought in their wildest dreams that one day their lives would be like they are today!

Mom & Dad, I want to wish you HAPPY 55TH ANNIVERSARY! I am sooooooo proud to call you my parents! I don't deserve you but I am so thankful God blessed me with you. Out of all of the families He could have given me He gave me you and I am so eternally thankful to Him for that!

Thank you for the examples you set for me. Thank you for not giving up when the going got tough! Thank you for always loving me even when I didn't always make it easy! Thank you for accepting me just as I am. Thank you for always being my #1 fans! Thank you for kissing every scrape & bruise and for wiping away the tears and for telling me everything would be ok even when you didn't know for sure you still believed! Thank you for sleeping with me all those night when I would have nightmares and be afraid and thank you for not blowing my secret about it! Thank you for taking me to Church every Sunday and other days in between. Thank you for teaching me about God! Thank you for just loving me, thank you for showing me how to love others. Thank you for ALWAYS being my soft place to fall!

I do not know where I would be today if it weren't for the two of you. Here I am an almost 40 year old woman and yet there is no one or nothing that can make the heartache better, no one to comfort me when I am broken, no one I run to when life gets too tough than Mom & Dad. I love you both! You are not only my wonderful parents but you are both MY BEST FRIENDS!

I LOVE YOU BOTH INFINITY!

Love, Bethie