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Seventy Years

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From the Slavonian farmlands. . . to sunny Zagreb. . . to the bustling hub of Munich. . . to fireworks on the Fourth over NYC. . . to a ghost-town in Buffalo, I had journeyed 24 hours. In Croatia, my wife made last-minute arrangements for our four kids to be taken care of while she worked full-time and I traveled for a week.  Flying over Germany The primary purpose  of all of this was so I could be with my grandparents for their 70th anniversary celebration.  Robert and Delphine Bohall July 5, 2015 Seventy years!  Perfection? Perhaps as close as it gets on this earth. Seventy years of marriage represents a combination of God’s grace and human commitment; gifts of life, health and patience intertwined with hard work. It symbolizes the sort of unity many of us strive for.  Seventy years speaks to the past. It shows that a decision made at a time of innocence and  naivety  can be honored long after  both have worn off. A...