[Nfbwv-talk] ANNIVERSARY

[Charlene Smyth]

Adding Karen, I wish you a very happy anniversary.


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On Aug 10, 2013, at 3:52 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

> I was there -- and it doesn't seem like it has been that long.  My marriage didn't last as long -- but then either did yours or Karen's, (LOL.)
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> Dave
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>> On this date in 1996--it was, in fact, a Friday--the NFB of West Virginia was in convention in Parkersburg. I was affiliate president, and Ramona Walhof was national representative.
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>> Around 9:00 PM, following a somewhat stormy meeting of the board of directors--Karen and I kicked off the annual reception by taking our wedding vows in the company of our Federation family.
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>> Seventeen years later we spent much of the day making preparations for our upcoming state convention. Earlier this evening we also enjoyed a nice dinner at our local eatery in the next block in the company of my mother-in-law whom many of you know. I am now about to go out to the porch and clip some fresh mint for making a julep or two.
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>> I am grateful to the "lovely and talented" Karen McDonald for those seventeen happy years of marriage. The two of us are also grateful  to you all in our NFB family for getting us off to a good start and for your love and support along the way.
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>> Also, greetings to our colleagues, Glen and Mary Grogg, who celebrate their anniversary on this day as well.
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>> Ed
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