Happy Anniversary!
My good friends, Stanley and Nadine Owen are celebrating their 63rd anniversary today. They were married in 1946, not too long after Stanley returned from World War II and service in Saipan. It also happens to be Stanley’s 89th birthday today. I commended him for marrying his bride on his birthday, so as not to forget that important date. I’ve swapped a lot of jokes and stories with the two of them over the years. We’ve shared a lot of coffee and donuts. Today was no different. Stanley told Caleb and me a few more jokes he recently heard.
Here’s one of my favorite family stories from Stanley:
Some years ago, when Stanley and Nadine were busy making babies, his father told him, “Son, don’t you think it’s about time you slow down?” Stanley responded, “Dad, the good Lord said, ‘be fruitful and multiply.’” With a wave of his hand, Stanley’s father cut him short, shook his head and said, “Son, I know what the good Lord said. I just don’t think He had in mind that one man was supposed to do it all by himself.”
