What is your name : MELONIE HAMILTON

Who do you want the poem written for: OUR PARENTS 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Why do you want the poem written: WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR PARENTS 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. I NEED THIS BY EMAIL TOMMORROW-12-21-04. I DO NOT NEED ANY FANCY CARD.IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLEPLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP

What are the key messages you would like to send: OUR PARENTS RONALD B BURGESS AND C ELAINE LAVALLEY WERE MARRIED ON DECEMBER 28TH 1954. MY MOTHER WAS DATING SOMEONE WHEN MY FATHER ASKED HER OUT-- SO SHE PROMTLY BROKE HER DATE AND WENT OUT WITH MY FATHER, AND THE REST IS HISTORY.FIVE DAUGHTERS--NO SON- MY POOR FATHER HAD NO PRIVACY. ROXANNE ELAINE WAS BORN 7-23-1956 JULIE KAY WAS BORN 7-22-1959 BRENDA JANE WAS BORN 11-01-1960 MELONIE MAE WAS BORN 05-15-1962 AND RONDA LYNN WAS BORN 01-02-1964. IN FRAGO NORTH DAKOTA WAS FATHER WAS ALL STATE IN BASKETBALL BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL AND WAS IN INVITED TO TRY OUT FOR THE TWINS. HE SAID NO -- AS BACK IN THOSE DAYS YOU PLAYED FOR THE SPORT AND NOT FOR THE MONEY-.MY MOTHER WAS A FERGUS FALLS HOMECOMING QUEEN .MY PARENTS MET IN COLLEGE IN MOOREHEAD STATE = MARRIED AND MOVED TO CHULAVISTA CALIFORNIA- MY MOTHER TAUGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHILE MY FATHER ATTENDED SAN DIEGO STATE. MY FATHER LIKED TO HUNT BUT REFUSED TO SHOT DOVES IN CALIFORNIA SO HE DECIDED HE WOULD TAKE DEEP SEA FISHING-- AND BECAME DEATHLY SICK ON THE BOAT SO THEY MOVED BACK TO FARGO NORTH DAKOTA SO HE COULD TAKE UP HUNTING ONCE AGAIN! MY FATHER ATTENDED MOOREHEAD STATE AND GRADUATED WITH A TEACHING DEGREE.IN 1964 THEY MOVED TO MINNESOTA TO RAISE THEIR FIVE DAUGHTERS-- AND THAT THEY DID! 50 YEARS LATER THEY HAVE FIVE WONDERFUL SON IN LAWS THOMAS DAVE DAVID RANDALL AND LAINE-- 14 GRANDCHILDREN KORI KIPPLING JERAMIE CRYSTAL JONATHON MICHAEL CASSIE JUSTINE GIRARD GRANT GABE ALAINA NICHOLOUS AND TAYLOR. 3 LIVING GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ANNA JAYDEN AND GRACE. GOD BLESS ETHAN DAVID HIGGINS AS HE IS WITH THE LORD.MY MOTHER WAS ALWAYS THE STRICT ONE AND MY FATHER COULD NEVER SAY NO!WHEN WE DIDN'T GET OUR WAY WE WOULD TELL OUR FATHER AND HE WOULD TELL MY MOTHER TO LET THEM DO IT-- THEY WOULD BICKER-- BUT MY MOTHER USUALLY GAVE IN! WE WRE GOOD MANIPULATORS WHEN NEEDED.MY MOTHER WAS A PRINCIPAL AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND RULED THE HALLS! MY FATHER DECIDED TEACHING WAS NOT IN THE CARDS FOR HIM AND STARTED HIS OWN PAINTING COMPANY WHERE WHERE HE COULD WORK 13 HOURS A DAY AND NEVER TAKE VACATION! MY PARENTS BOUGHT A HOME IN TEXAS AND MY FATHER CAN NOW FISH ON SHORE WITHOUT GETTING SEA SICK! MY PARENTS LOVED EACH OTHER VERY MUCH AND STUCK IT OUT THROUGH THICK AND THIN-- SOMETIMES VERY THICK AND SOMETIMES VERY THIN! WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARENTS AND WE LOVE YOU WITH OUR HEARTS AND SOULS. THANK YOU MOM AND DAD FOR EVERYTHING YOU TAUGHT US AND FOR ALWAYS GIVING US ENCOURGEMENT AND ADVICE.CONGRATULATIONS ON 50 YEARS OF PURE BLISS!

Do you have any funny, sad, happy, embarrassing or otherwise memorable moments that you would like to share: I would like this to be humorous for the most part. my parents lost a great grand child ethan david higgins so I would like a word said about that. ethan lived 31 days on this earth.the lord needed him more than we did.

What style of poem would you prefer (happy, sad, romantic etc.): HAPPY AND HUMOROUS-

Please choose which package you would prefer:Standard

Would you like a copy of the handwritten drafts:No

Do you have any last comments or thoughts: i do not need any fancy pakage-- email is fine as i am late getting this to you

Pure Wedded Bliss

Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your attention please? Because every now and then in life, there's opportunity you should seize. And that moment is upon us, after all, 50 years, Mom and Dad were wed, and we've got some thoughts on our mind, yes, there's some heartfelt words that need to be said. Firstly, I think we'll begin by looking skywards, and thanking those in the heavens above, because we know we've been blessed to have shared you, we know that we've been blessed with your love. Actually, Mom was dating someone else, that was when Dad first asked her out, so she promptly broke her date, and found out what true love is all about. And as they say, and as you know, time went on and we all became part of history, because five daughters followed, no son, poor old Dad, he never had any privacy. Roxanne, Julie, Brenda, Melonie and Ronda. My! Look how your mighty oak has grown, and we'd all like to thank you for your kindness, we're very grateful for all the love that you've shown. Father was All State in basketball, baseball and football, and he was asked to try out for the Twins, actually, he said no, in those days there was no money, and the love of sport wouldn't pay for all of his "sins"! Mother was Fergus Falls homecoming queen, and they met in college in Moorehead State, they married and moved to Chulavista, California, two young lovers blown along by the winds of fate. Mother taught Elementary while Father went to San Diego, and instead of hunting, he went to sea and got rather ill, so they moved back to Fargo, North Dakota, and father resumed his love of hunting (and the kill). Father graduated from Moorehead with a teaching degree, and in '64, they moved to Minnesota to raise the five, and this they've done so very splendidly, and it's because of them, we continue to thrive! Mother was always the strict one and our father could never say no! When we didn't get our own way, we would tell our father and he would let us go! Actually, we were the cause of much bickering, but my mother usually gave up in the end, we were good manipulators when needed, and when in need, Dad was always our friend. Because mother ruled the halls and the house, but father decided teaching was not the right card, so he started his own painting company, and that's where he worked so very hard. 13 hours a day and never a vacation! But thankfully, that didn't last for evermore, because eventually they bought a house in Texas, no more seasickness because father can now fish on shore! And after fifty years, they have 5 wonderful son-in-laws, Thomas, Dave, David, Randall and Laine all say "Hi!", and we can't possibly name all of the grandchildren, oh, can't we? Well, we'll give it our very best try; Kori, Kippling, Jeramie, Crystal, Jonathon, Michael, Cassie, Justine, Girard, Taylor, Gabe, Alaina, Nicholous and Grant, and let's not forget Anna, Jayden and Grace, (because in this family, there's no such word as can't). And on a much sadder and solemner note, those here today are not the only ones to have soared, because Ethan David Higgins is alive in us all, and we know he's safe in the house of The Lord. Our parents have always loved each other very much they've stuck it out through thick and thin, but always together, and they share a love that is simply eternal, a love that's destined to last forever and ever. We are so grateful to have you as our parents, and we do love you with all our hearts and soul, for you are the ones that have made us complete, you are the ones that make this family completely whole. Thank you mom and thank you Dad, we'd like to thank you for everything that you've taught, you've always given us great advice and encouragement and we're very grateful for your unconditional support. Because we've never said thank you properly before now, we've never told you just how wonderful you really are, but if our love for you were a distance, then it would be further than the furthest star. And we'd like to say Happy Fiftieth Anniversary, but these lines can all be summed up just like this, because your marriage has been truly exemplary, so, congratulations on 50 years of pure wedded bliss!

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Allen Jesson

Comments:

Thank you so much! It turned out great!