Twenty-Five Thoughts About Twenty-Five

This post is for my dear wife. Twenty-five years ago today I proposed to Renee Murphy.  She said yes…..(Yay!!!!!) Twenty-five years later we are as solid as ever.  I truly believe in the expression “soulmate”.
So……because I am a nerd, husband and father all in one, here is my post about Twenty-Five

25 years ago there was no doubt, no worries, no second thoughts. My heart was yours.

25 years ago Hi-Five made a #1 hit entitled I Like The Way (Kissing Game) …. and I made attempts to dance like them.

25 is the atomic number of manganese

25 is the usual TCP port for SMTP.  Who knew!!!! …nerd contentment.

25 years ago Tim Berners-Lee introduced the web browser. Nerds rule!!!

25 is the name of the national board game of India! (Pachisi – Hindi for 25)

25 years ago Canada introduced GST!!!!

25 is the number of the French department Doubs

25 is the name  of an Irish card game also know as Spoil Five

25 years ago Microsoft releases MS-Dos 5.0

25 years ago Naked Gun 2.5 was a very popular movie but we didn’t see it in the theatre..we probably went and saw Robin Hood.

25 years ago Blue Roses were produced by genetic engineering…although both you and I know they are not really blue.

25 years ago the airbag was invented

25 years ago the Dead Sea Scroll was unveiled.

25 years ago Freddie Mercury died.

25 is the number of cents in a quarter!!!!! Who knew!!!!

25 years ago Harry Connick Jr sang We Are In Love at the Grammys.  He was 34 years old.  What would we do without Harry?

25 years ago I did not realize how much Romans 8:38,39 would be such an integral part of our life… moments we faced… decisions we made…broken hearts that needed mending.

25 years ago we did not even begin to imagine how our lives would change, mold and grow because of the fulfillment of Proverbs 18: 24!!!

25 years ago I was frantically working on my evil plot to stop you from going to your meeting and going out on a date with me instead.

25 years ago was the last time I took out your engagement ring from my closet and put it back again.  Every day I would check and make sure it was still hidden away.  In the days, weeks and months before, I thought of how I would give you an eternal promise.

25 years ago we took a drive in my 1984 Nissan Maxima to Niagara Falls. Rolling in my 2.0 With my windows down so my hair can blow

25 is how many years ago I asked you the most important question ever in my life.

25 years ago at the crest of the Horseshoe Falls, you said – YES!!!

25 years later I am asking you another question: Will You Love Me Forever?

This post would mean nothing if it wasn’t for all the people in our life who have contributed to it.  If you are reading this post then you are someone special.  You have touched our lives in some way or in many ways and we love and thank you for it!