The Muse is Loose

It began for Ann and I December 27, 1957. We were married at First Baptist Church, Pharr, Texas. The color was red for the bridal party since it was Christmastime. The bride wore white appropriately. Our first night was spent at a nice motel near McAllen, Texas. Thirty-nine years later we would stay again at this same motel so Ann could attend a high school reunion. Our car was stolen! The day after our wedding we drove to Monterrey, Mexico. We would make our first home in a big old house at 3117 Lipscomb in Fort Worth. That was a special blessing to us for we would meet Glenn and Betty Booth who rented an upstairs apartment. They would become lifelong friends. Glenn died suddenly a few years ago. They named their first son, Dale. What a wonderful compliment! Lee Pogue was born in 1964 in Sinton, Texas. We lived in Taft at the time. Laura would be born two years later in Lufkin, Texas. We became a military family for a brief period of time, living in Leesville, Louisiana at Fort Polk.
There is no real "trick" to having a fifty-year marriage. Obviously, both persons have to live fifty married years. Both have to adjust through those years to each other and to all the changes in residences, work, etc. Both persons have to be commited to a permanence in the marriage bond. It is that part "for better or for worse" that most do not hear at the altar. Love must be the tie that binds it all together. Loving and serving the Lord with equal commitment is a mighty plus. There is more, but this kinda gives some idea of what is involved. Ann and I are thankful to God for letting us live long enough to celebrate fifty years. We are thankful for our dear children, Lee and Laura, and for their families who give us encouragement to keep on keeping on. The final verse of our wedding song is "till death do us part".