Better late than never

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. 
                                                                              ~Marcel Proust

I know I'm two days late, but February 2 would have been my parents 66th wedding anniversary.  I could always remember the date because my mother always reminded me that they married on Groundhog Day.  My parents are on the right side of this photo, with my father being the tallest.  This photo was taken on their wedding day and the woman on the opposite end is one of my father's sister.

Unfortunately, I lost my father in 1990 and my mother in 2007.  She never lived to see little Corbin, but she did see her other two great-grandchildren.  Here she is with them several months before she died...

I had even mentioned the other day to Mr. Cottage that "today would have been their 66th wedding anniversary".   Bottom line, my parents were wonderful parents to both my sister and I and I have wonderful memories of them.