Stolen Car and 32nd Wedding Anniversary
June 25th, 2009Duxbury News
Toni Williamson
DuxburyNews.info
I can’t even begin to say how great it is to see our lovely piece of heaven continue to green up. The lilacs give the air a sweetly wonderful smell and I can no longer see my house from the road!
With the season of summer comes chances of fire. “Who ya’ gonna call”? The Duxbury Volunteer Fire Department! On June 8, a call came from Donna and Bruce Filler from Duxbury about a car on fire, just East of Duxbury on Bjork Rd. The fire department responded, found a car engulfed in flames and threatening to ignite surrounding brush. After putting the fire out, it was found that it was a 1996 Buick Sentry stolen that morning from Gregg Yocum of Sandstone. Pine County Deputy Grice was on the scene to investigate the situation. We are happy that no one was hurt, but the car was totally destroyed. Yea Duxbury!!!
Don’t forget Father’s Day on June 21st. Dads do a lot and sometimes their deeds go unnoticed. Showing appreciation does not have to be extravagant; Even if it’s a big kiss and a hug, let them know they are appreciated! If your dad has passed, look up to heaven and tell him you love him.
June is a traditional month of love and wedding celebration. It is so wonderful to meet people that have been together for many years, as it is a rare thing. The stories of how they met can be widespread depending on where they are from. The experiences they have shared are awe inspiring. They share joy, happiness, disappointments and sometimes deep sorrow. I think that when you have someone that loves you, you can weather the storms of life much easier.
We all search for love, to meet the special someone that touches your heart and makes you say “I want to spend the rest of my life with you”. It is something I wish for each and every one of you. Love is a continuous celebration.
I love seeing senior couples walking together, holding hands and taking care of each other. Growing up and seeing our elders, past and present from a child’s eye is a lesson in love. I remember laughing as we watched how they would sometimes bicker and banter with each other and how my dad would tease my mom. He would look over at us with a smirk on his face and she would say something like “leave me alone you old fool!” It provided humongous laughter for us kids. Even with that, you knew they would still kiss and everyday say to each other “I love you”.
Forgive me for being so sappy, but I met the love of my life when I was twelve years old. We were best friends for years but did not date. We would talk for hours at a time. He’d talk about his girlfriends and me about my boyfriends. We never talked about us or ever getter together. At that young age we were just each other’s best friend.
It all changed when I was 17 and he was 18. I walked up to him on Sunday, May 30, 1976. He was in the pew at church. As I got closer, he got up, looked at me and asked “when are we going to get married?” I immediately without hesitation said “whenever you’re ready!” He then responded “first you’ve got to get rid of your boyfriend”.
You see, we had never dated. We had two friendly kisses over the previous years and they were around Christmas, when he placed mistletoe over my head. Until that moment we had not even talked about marriage. It was a spontaneous reaction from me, but not a spontaneous question from him. He had come to church to ask me to marry him. That Thursday after he asked me to marry him, I called him to ask if he was serious. He said he was. We started living together a few weeks later and got married about a year later, on June 18, 1977. We will be married for 32 years on June 18th. Glen, you are the love of my life and I continue to enjoy every day loving you!
Thanks for reading and see you in two weeks.

