Our wedding day, June 11, 1983, Glenn and I vowed to love and cherish each other until our Lord called one or both of us home to be with Him. What memories we made on the day of our wedding! What memories we have since that day!! 25 years ago!  June 11 hundreds gathered in Murfreesboro Tennessee, at Franklin Road Baptist Church (where I had been teaching for several years in 4^th grade) to be a part of our wedding ceremony and celebration! Our parents and relatives came from Michigan and miles around to join in this wonderful time in our lives! My 4^th graders were there and sang as a choir in my wedding! They sang a beautiful song my mother wrote for this event! It was beautiful! One of the high school teacher’s was also a soloist and various musicians were also friends.  Everything went beautifully that day!  The professional  photographer was an answer to prayer! He took pictures of our wedding, families etc.  and made a beautiful album for us ! (at no cost to us!!) The reception was well done-all the cake & food consumed!  We were visiting with friends and opening gifts a couple hrs later when my uncle & his wife and family arrived from Michigan---late!  They had gotten the wedding times confused and thought it was to be an evening ceremony rather than that afternoon! Too bad!! Long trip to make and miss all the food and fun!!  We left to begin our honeymoon and traveled to Williamsburg, VA.  I now have second thoughts about wedding plans!! With so many families gathering for grand occasions like this- the wedding party should plan to stay together more than the day!! This is a rare time to all be in one place!Time to visit awhile together-enjoying each other’s company should be part of the Major Plan! I can understand why in some countries weddings last a week!!  American families seem to develop traditions that are not the best patterns to follow!

  We remember a few other things that happened 25 years ago!!

Major events in 1983

• Ronald Reagan was President of the USA. He also gave a speech on National Security & Operation Staunch started where the State Department discouraged other countries from selling arms to Iran
• Life Expectancy: Male: 71 years and  Female 78 years.
• Average annual income: $12,133.00
• Price of a one story house is $36,000.
• Price of a car--Ford Escort: $6,900,  Buick Skylark: $9,350
• Rubik's Cube invented,  Cabbage Patch Kids were introduced to the market, and  Boom Boxes were a fad!
• "Baby on Board" signs were bought and displayed!
• A Gallon of milk: $1.89
• A gallon of gasoline $1.29
• A loaf of bread was $.66 and a postage stamp was  20 cents!
• A flood covers the California coast and kills 13 people
• The coal freighter Marine Electric sinks during a storm off the coast of Chincoteague, Virginia, 33 people die
• April 4  Space shuttle-Challenger makes its first flight (STS-6
• A flood in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee kills 15 people
• Challenger makes its second flight (STS-7). It is the first five member crew with Crippen, Hauck, Fabian, Thagard, and Ride. Sally K. Ride is the first woman in space.
• Hurrican Alicia in southern Texas, leaves 17 dead. August-
• Challenger makes it third flight (STS-8). The crew includes Truly, Branderstein, Thorton, Bluford, and Gardner. Gulon Bluford is the first US black person in space.
• Sept 12  In the second largest theft in U.S. history, an employee of Wells Fargo makes off with $7 million in cash from a company warehouse in Connecticut. Victor M. Gerena, a company guard accused of staging the heist, was one of 19 people later indicted in U.S. District Court for the theft. He escaped to Cuba with part of the $7 million he allegedly stole.
• Nov The Columbia Space Shuttle makes the first flight with a six person crew. The crew includes Young, Shaw, Parker, Garriott, Lichtenberg, and Merbold
• Dr. Barney Clark receives first artificial heart implant, but dies 112 days later
• Camcorders are introduced
• The CD is introduced to the general public This will eventually spawn a huge nostalgia market for all types of music 
• The FCC authorizes Motorola to begin testing cellular phone service in Chicago. The Grandson of Alexander Graham Bell answered the first commerical mobile phone call.The Internet becomes a reality when the ARPANET is split into Military and Civilian sections
•  Oct 23 US Peace Keepers are killed in Lebanon. Over 200 Marines were killed when a truck loaded with explosives crashed into the US Marine compound at Beirut Airport. The Marines, who had been in Beirut as part of a multi-national force to promote peace in Lebanon, had after a short stay in Lebanon become a target of Syrian-supported extremists. Soon after the bombings US forces withdrew from Lebanon. 58 French troops were also killed when a 400-pound device destroyed a French base. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility