Abundance of Blessings
Today, August 28th, 2025 is our 44th wedding anniversary. We had a simple ceremony in the country at my Aunt Cleo's house. We had no money, or at least not much money. Howard was living in a furnished apartment in Jonesboro, and I was renting a house in Lake City. With help from family and friends we managed to have a sweet, intimate wedding. Susie Malone Naysmith was gracious to supply photos, Kaye Tabor made my wedding dress and she and a friend provided music, Jim Kincade officiated, and my cousin Barbara Lancaster supplied the wedding decor. I truly don't remember who provided the wedding cake. Our "honeymoon" consisted of one night in a neighboring town and we celebrated at Shoney's with Hot Fudge Cake. On the first day as a married couple we loaded up my furniture and drove to North Little Rock to move into a house we had already rented. We were so in love and had no idea how hard the next ten years would be as we dealt with all the ups and downs of a bl...
