Antique Romance

[Betty Bolerjack]

I think I posted somewhere here that my mother is getting married. She has, in the past, been a contributor to NazNet and still lurks on occasion, though she never registered on the new software. I guess I need to change that, don't I? :basic05 Anyway, for anyone who is interested in the details, I started a blog (http://www.antiqueromance.blogspot.com/) about Mom's romance with the above title. It is fun to watch people's reactions when they learn about the upcoming wedding! It is less than two weeks away now and has been quite a journey. Oh, and I have the unique privilege of performing the ceremony! :fav18

P.S. Mom fell and broke her wrist while Mark, Tamara, and I were wandering through the Caribbean last week. She will be having pins put in tomorrow (Monday). Please remember her in yours prayers. And, yes, she will be sporting either a splint or a cast for the wedding!

[Betty Bolerjack]

Mom's surgery went fine. She is home and resting. She will be in a splint for the wedding and honeymoon, then will have a cast for a few more weeks. If you want to read more details, you'll find them here (http://www.antiqueromance.blogspot.com/).

[Gary Swartzlander]

Good for them!

Back in the 70's, I had a great uncle and aunt that I was close to. They lived in Florida in their retirement. They also had good friends there that they spent that they spent a lot of time with. My great aunt passed away, and not to long after that, the husband of the other couple drowned in an accident. They got married about a year after both spouses had passed away. It was the best thing for both of them. While I lived in Florida, I spent many good times with them.

Congratulations to you guys for helping keep your mom so young.

[Sue Pyles]

Betty,
Thank you so much for posting this.I read the blog.I think the story is precious.
I am our district Prime Time Ministry Director. I hear alot of these stories and also stories from those who have felt their life ended when their spouses life ended.
My dad was always paranoid about my singleness. I told him that God was just saving me for some precious old retired lonely man in the rest home. He never did laugh.
I wish the "lovebirds" the best.

[Gina Stevenson]

Awww, Betty ... that's neat. One funny thing came to mind while reading it ... your Mom will lose her "Manners" ... but hopefully she'll still be a lady. HA! Yes, we know she will be ... I'm sure she's gotten teased more than sufficiently about that last name already, eh? [& you, too, until you married]

Well, just got to finish reading the last one re the family mix-up. That is a good one, & glad it happened with something on the order it did (wrists), rather than some doctor getting families mixed up where something's a life & death matter. :eek:

'Sounds like your Mom's had quite a time lately, huh? Sorry I missed meeting her when going through OKC several years ago.

[Betty Bolerjack]

Good for them!

Back in the 70's, I had a great uncle and aunt that I was close to. They lived in Florida in their retirement. They also had good friends there that they spent that they spent a lot of time with. My great aunt passed away, and not to long after that, the husband of the other couple drowned in an accident. They got married about a year after both spouses had passed away. It was the best thing for both of them. While I lived in Florida, I spent many good times with them.

Congratulations to you guys for helping keep your mom so young.

Thanks, Gary. I'm not sure I do too much to keep my mom young; I think she manages that quite well on her own! She did not like living alone after Daddy died, so moved in with us. She and my dad had lived with me a couple of times previously. She never thought she would remarry. It has been fun to watch this romance blossom.

I'm still getting used to the idea of having some new brothers and sisters, especially the sisters since I've always been the only girl in the family! Who would have thought, at my age? :laughing

[Betty Bolerjack]

Betty,
Thank you so much for posting this.I read the blog.I think the story is precious.
I am our district Prime Time Ministry Director. I hear alot of these stories and also stories from those who have felt their life ended when their spouses life ended.
My dad was always paranoid about my singleness. I told him that God was just saving me for some precious old retired lonely man in the rest home. He never did laugh.
I wish the "lovebirds" the best.

Thanks, Sue. It's sad when people can't have hope after losing a spouse. I'm sure glad I didn't give up after my first husband died! I did decide that I needed to just enjoy life as a single woman. It was then that my friendship with Mark blossomed into love. I never dreamed I would find someone like him, but I'm so glad I did. It's interesting, though, when I tell single women about Mom. Their response is usually, "Well, I guess there's hope for me!"

[Betty Bolerjack]

Awww, Betty ... that's neat. One funny thing came to mind while reading it ... your Mom will lose her "Manners" ... but hopefully she'll still be a lady. HA! Yes, we know she will be ... I'm sure she's gotten teased more than sufficiently about that last name already, eh? [& you, too, until you married]

Hey, Gina! Yep, she will lose her "Manners" just as I did over 30 years ago! Surprisingly, she hasn't really been teased all that much about it, though I've mentioned it a time or two. :laughing

[Jim Franklin]

Betty. a few years ago a new neighbor moved in next door. She is a single nurse in her 50s. With her was her mother. Sometime in the early summer she announced that her mother was getting married in October. Then the next time I saw her she said that the wedding had been moved up to September. By the end of July she said the date had been moved up to August and I responded, "Those kids just couldn't wait," and she really got a laugh out of that.

[Betty Bolerjack]

Yeah, Jim, these "kids" would have liked to move the date up. In fact, they have threatened to elope several times, but I think a lot of family members and friends would shoot them if they did! :laughing