Today is my parents 58th Wedding Anniversary. The day a young man of Finnish descent married a young German/Norwegian gal. It must have been a good match, four kids, twelve grand-kids, and twelve great grand-kids later they still love each other. I do believe that they took the "in sickness and in health, until death us do part" vows quite seriously.
My Mother still has her wedding gown, we have taken in out from time to time just to check its condition. The white satin has aged with time, it is a very beautiful ivory color now. A long time ago.. I tried it on, Mom would have liked someone to wear it for their wedding. I was a tad larger that my petite mother, taller and very well endowed..so it was not a good fit for me. My girls tried it on, Trica was shorter and weighed about 100 pounds, it was a good fit. But she wanted her own gown. Jen is even taller than me..so it looked like a high water wedding gown, hardly a good look for a young bride.
My Mom kept the rose petals from her bouquet for years..she may still have them. She had the top layer of their wedding cake covered in a thick layer of wax, it sat in a pink box on a shelf in their bedroom closet. It did not look very appetizing, but I suppose it was a way to preserve it, much like our wedding cake that sat frozen in their freezer to be enjoyed on our first anniversary, that we forgot to eat.
I have saved my wedding gown, what for..who knows ..I have often thought I should have had it made into a Christening Gown for the grand kids, now maybe for my Great Grands..but there is still time for that. Why do we save all these things..wedding gowns never to be worn again, cakes never to be eaten..is it all just a tradition.. or do all these things make every Wedding Anniversary sweeter with time? :)
My mom's wedding dress looked like your mom's!
ReplyDeletePlease tell your parents Happy Anniversary and I think they were a gorgeous couple.
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty fancy dress I'd say!
Mine was from the 70's. It was polyester knit. It will be here forever. And my wedding cake on our first anniversary....it was in my MIL freezer and she ate it and told me about it later. She treated me really bad in the beginning. Very disrespectful to me...a bitter woman she was.
i saved a lot of my from the wedding, when i look at it it makes me remember the excitement and the utter giddiness i felt that day. granted that wasnt all that long ago, but i hope that never changes.
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary to your parents!
October 7 is a great day. How wonderful for your parents! Happy anniversary to them both and for having such a caring daughter to let us all know about their day.
ReplyDeleteWell, I didn't save my wedding dress, didn't save any of the cake, and didn't save my husband. :)
ReplyDeleteFlydragon, But you still have your sense of humor!:)
ReplyDeleteI guess that saving wedding things is a way of saving one's memories in a more tangible form than just in the memory. Although I do like the thought that maybe that lovely dress will become a christening gown for grand-kids or grand-grand kids - somehow it's a way of perpetuating the love...
ReplyDeleteMy wedding dress is a blue creation and I do wear it now and then...
58 years is a lifetime! Congratulations to them! Happy Anniversary! And she still has her dress, amazing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary to your parents!!!
ReplyDeletethat was very lovely. I love the wedding dress. My mother borrowed her sister's so we didn't have one to "pass on". Helped with the no guilt thing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your parents. It is so rare these days we hear about long, happy marriages.
ReplyDeleteI love your Mother's dress. It is absolutely beautiful.
I have my wedding dress too although I know there is no one to wear it. It's just too hard to let go of some things.