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Mom N Da's 40th Anni.
Growing up knowing one another
Watching each other grow thru the yrs
He went on into the Army
She went to Chicago
Never in a million years they were told
Never have even one date
Despite it all they wed on Feb. 8th 1963
Back to Germany he went
In with his mother she did move
Step mom to a 5 yr old at the age of 19
But she knew it was love
Finally together as one in Georgia
A family they did have
Their oldest came to be a year later in '64
Then the babygirl they so loved in '68
And finally in '73 baby number three
From Georgia to Illinois
From Illinois to Texas and Hawaii
Finally restin in Illinois
The Army life would be no more
Twenty-five yrs of moving his family to and fro
Was enough for he
Setting up their home
Watching their family grow
From 4 children to 10 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren
As their family grew
So did their love
For come this Feb. 8th, 2003
Will be
40 yrs of a marriage that wasnt to be
