45 years!

45 years ago I met this sailor!  What a handsome dude all decked out in his white uniform, and he had a mustache!  My mother did not like men with hair on their face!!  My mother wasn't dating him I was going to.  I knew deep in my soul that this man was there for me!  That was June 1970.  Yes, I was smitten for sure.  August 30, 1970 he asked to marry him.  Of course I said yes!  His mother asked him what date had he picked out?  She didn't talk to me much at first..  He replied, how does December 5th sound?  It sounded fine to me!
December 4th back 45 years ago there was a blizzard.  He spent the night, couldn't get out onto the road, I was living way out in the boon docks in Winslow, Maine.  (20 minutes to Waterville) Well back then it did seemed like hours to get to town.
On our wedding day we both had migraines.  But the day was a bright sunning day!  Got ready to leave as we had an hour's drive to Dover Foxcroft. We had another problem...  We could not open the door to go out!  It had snowed so much the day before that it was up to the eaves of that small house!  Paul crawled out of a window in the kitchen to get to the front door.  He shoveled out the front door, and also had to shovel out the driveway to get the car out.  At that time he was driving a 1969 Firebird!
No cell phones back then, couldn't notify anyone that we would be late.  My maid of honor, Carol Roberge, was stuck in Portland!  Everything was shut down.  Annette Little stepped up to the plate to be my maid of honor....  Robert Picher, Paul's cousin, was best man.  We made it and go married.  No special dress, I wore the white dress that my mother made me for my high school graduation the year before.  I did have a small bouquet of red roses.  No wedding cake. The only people that were there at the church to witness this big event was my mother, 3 sisters, 2 brothers, Paul's mother, 1 sister and 2 brothers.  My Dad could not be invited as my mother did not want me to have anything to do with him.  Thank God that I was able to have a Father/daughter relationship that to the day my mother died was not happy about it...
After the wedding, Robert, Annette, Paul and I drove to Webber's Steak House in Waterville for our reception dinner!  Just the 4 of us were there, we didn't invite anyone else.  It costs a lot of money back then, $10.00 for the 4 dinners..  I do not remember what I had to eat.
My mother came to the house the next day, came right and told me that I must of been pregnant to have to get married that fast.  I knew I wasn't, told her so, but as always I was not to believed.  Our first daughter, Michelle was born 7-22-1973.  Mother also told me that it wouldn't last!  We are still together.  Tomorrow will be 45 years that we have been married!  It seems like yesterday that we got together.  And yes, my heart still does goes pitter patter when I see my Man!!

Have a wonderful weekend my friends!

Lynn
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