#36 and #10 celebrate their 8th anniversary! We wish we could be there, of course, in that Alaskan sunlight in which you could have a party all night long. But we will rejoice where we are in knowing you are ensconced in your wonderful cabin with son and dogs and having the times of your [...]

It is supposed to be an adjustment, this marriage thing. But you really got the hang of it right away. What a dynamic and skillful and faithful and all-things-ful your coupledom shapes and promotes and exemplifies. Why, if people studied you for a few seconds, everybody’d want to be married. But, the key ingredient is [...]

On the left is my girl, Joan. She has been since 1972, when we started courting, and a year later she was mine forever. She’s from Topeka, KS, where, according to the news accounts, a tornado “ravaged” the capitol building in 1966. But Joan whirled into Tampa, FL in 1971, and her personalized twister ravaged [...]

Today is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice in it. He made June 15th. That’s the day of the year (1929) that my dad was born to the Edwards Clan, Hudson, OH. It’s also the day that God joined Joseph Casey and Mary Elizabeth into holy matrimony. Next year at this time, [...]

They were on a plane last night as it is usual since their anniversary always cuts across the holidays but this morning they can rejoice in their blessing of finding each other in Bowling Green so many years ago. We delight in their love, joy, and hope! Happy Anniversary!!!!

Here’s Mom’s new “engagement” ring (click for larger view); and, as an added bonus: a podcast of her 7 minute talk on Amani that was captured on July 20th. Some mom! The symmetry to our weekend away on our 35th was that our Inn was in Danville, OH–and we got engaged in Danville, KY. See [...]

 

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That long hair and those bangs. She was meeting with all the new scholarship students, like me, and we were all hanging around, waiting to hear about our work assignments. She caught my eye immediately. I did not know her name but wanted to. She was smiling, she was excited, even exuberant about being in [...]

From 39,000 feet up. Everywhere our family treads becomes sacred to me. Every stop or new destination along the way leaves footprints where God’s grace has allowed our entry and our sojourn. California. Alaska. Australia. Mexico. U.K. Kenya. Tanzania. Rwanda. Burundi. Washington DC. Hawaii. Bowling Green. Texas. Kansas. Missouri. We have been there. We have [...]

More and better photos are coming, but this was just the beginning of a wondrous evening under the stars, as we walked from Highland and Sunset Blvd. to the Hollywood Bowl to enjoy a rapturous time of listening to the genius of Brian Wilson. That’s the stage behind us, just before the LA Philharmonic started [...]

Thank you dear ones for letting me and mom embark on another leg of our anniversary tour this Fall. We head to San Diego early, early tomorrow morning (4AM) via Denver and Detroit, and will be marveling all the way in your wonderful generosity to send us to the land of sun, sand, and surf [...]