Page 49 - Senior Link Magazine Winter 2018- Online Magazine

To borrow my sister’s words about my Bobby, “He’s a man
of incredible integrity, generosity, tenderness and strength”.
Bobby doesn’t talk much about his walk with Christ, but he
lives it every day.

Bobby

She makes me happy to be alive. She still seems to like
me despite my faults and idiosyncrasies. We enjoy being
together no matter what we are doing. I feel incomplete
when we are not together, like something important is
missing.

What keeps marriage fun after 50 years together?
I can still make her laugh. Everyday. Sometimes with me.
Sometimes at me!
We do not argue. We sometimes differ on our opinion of a
few things . . . then we work it out; arguing is such a waste
of time and emotion.

Has life always been easy?
Life, itself, has been so easy with her. It’s some of the stuff
that comes with life that has had its challenges, but we have
gone through them together and have leaned on each other
to get through them. We’ve been each other’s support.
Neither one of us could have coped very well without that
support.

Do you think you found each other because you were
looking for certain qualities in a person?
No. I only started noticing her when a friend of mine said
he liked her. So I thought maybe I should like her, too. So, I
did. Then that adolescent affection grew and matured over
the years. It’s still new and exciting every day.

Did God put you together, or were you just lucky?
Luck is a funny thing to blame things on. I will have to hold
God responsible for us being together. In the ninth grade,
I was so sure we were destined to be together that I drew a
floor plan of the house I wanted to someday build for us. I
drew it on the outside brick wall of our junior high school
building. I think it’s still there.

Martha was a great teacher, and I’ve always admired the
way she related to children. It’s especially fun watching
her interact with our granddaughter. Life with her has
always been great. It’s the minutes in a marriage that pile
up and turn into something big. Martha does so many little
things to make sure that I’m happy. The way she treats
me with respect, her little impromptu dances, her frequent
hugs - those are the things that create a secure and fulfilling
marriage.