This was posted once, a while back when I had 2 readers…now I have 4 readers :)) LOL… I thought since it is that time of year, and it really was a neat story about a young couple during World War II who were married in this small town when the young man was stationed at Sheppard Air Force base before he was sent off to war…..
Mr. and Mrs. Briggs recently marked their 70th Anniversary, celebrating long and happy lives, the gift of a wonderful family, and a journey together that began in a honeymoon cottage in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1943, and….
During World War II, a beautiful love story unfolded in this quaint little North Texas Town when a young woman received bus fare from her future in-laws to come here and marry her sweetheart. This was back in the day when people usually stayed married. They stayed here for a few weeks in a boarding house cottage in the middle of a very cold Texas winter. They purchased food when they had no refrigerator in the room they were renting, so they stored it in an ice chest in the snow. It rather happened like this….
The Sentimental Journey unfolded when Miss Cele took a bus ride from Rochester, New York to join her beloved, Richard, who was stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base where he proudly served his country by attending aircraft and mechanics school.
Sometimes the best Christmas gift can be bus fare for an important journey in the middle of winter to make a life commitment, share it with good friends, and to also discover amidst a world of rationed shoes, rationed canned meat, and other war necessities, that love was still in plentiful supply.
As time passes, it is the simple things that are most remembered, like a special day, seventy years ago in a small honeymoon cottage with no refrigerator and snow on the ground, and the promise of a future together. Everyone should celebrate with Cele and Richard this hallmark 70th anniversary and to also share in this Sentimental Journey as a memorable starting point for a young couple seventy years ago.
The happy couple traveled all over the United States for Richard’s career and retired blissfully in a scenic spot with a nice climate….sounds like a great 70 years to me!
Brrr, Lana. This story was so sweet despite its chilly climate abd setting. I wrote probably 40 or so love stories in my early days of blogging. I loved reading about this couple’s 70 year commitment of love and marriage. How the bus ride played into this was wonderful memory, too. ♡
This was a heartwarming story, especially today when so many marriages do not last. This was one of my favorite ones. The Mayor issued a proclamation to them 🙂