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So 50 years ago today, my parents got married. Fifty years, half a century, five decades,
that's a long time. I've been thinking about that all week. We;re going to spend all weekend,
celebrating with my parents. Ijust wanted to sit down and kind of "word out" what that
means. It's such an exciting thing. In our society, we tend to have a lack of commitment.
We don't even like to sign a two year cell phone agreement. Let alone committing 50 years
of our life to another person. And I wanted to say as a person who has observed 50 years
of this marriage (actually, I'm only 40, I just misspoke) from a very close proximity.
The one thing I know about my parents is they are willing to sacrifice for their commitment.
They are willing to see their commitment through to each other. They are the kind of people
that if they say they are going to do something, they do it. They have modeled for the rest
of society - the rest of us that are around them and have observed their marriage - they
have modeled for us what it looks like to be in a loving, committed relationship with
another person; and to sacrifice for that person. They do whatever it takes to maintain
that relationship. So I just wanted to say thank you, thank you, Mom and Dad. Thanks
for modeling for Scott and I what that looks like and thank you for being such awesome
people. If you're watching this video, I just ask that you would send your wishes to my
parents because they are just neat people: just the kind of people you like to be around.
You know what I mean? So, Mom and Dad, thank you from all of us for just being the awesome
people that you are and for modeling for us what it looks like to sacrifice and to be
in a loving relationship and to put the other person first before yourself at all times.
I just wanted to say thanks and happy anniversary.