Celebrating for the 72nd Time!
February 8, 2020
How uncommon is a couple celebrating their 72nd wedding anniversary? Very. According to the Census Bureau, 0.1% of all people currently married (less than one tenth of one percent) have reached their 72nd anniversary! My parents are part of that 0.1%! On February 8, 1948, they tied the knot after an eight-month courtship. Seventy-two years, three children, seven grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren later, they are still pressing on!
A 72nd wedding anniversary is both a rare and remarkable event, indeed, and one that arouses curiosity as to what helps…