Fifty Years Ago today...

Fifty years ago today I asked Sheila Shaw the most important question of my life.  I wish we had a picture from that day. I've written about that day before.   And here are a couple of posts commemorating this anniversary in previous years...

January 23, 2008

January 23, 2006

Here's a post of my poetry about the principles of love.

And here's a post about the principles that brought me to that question.

Here are a hodgepodge of photos from the intervening years that I could gather from my blog...

Teen Sheila

Sheila was in the audience where she was the quiet support for so many performances

Christmas with Lil, Sheila, Jimmy, Nora, and Sally

Well, now this ain't Sheila, but without her my signature 'Possum story would not be

During 1983 when Sheila was pregnant with our first baby, Brannon.
with Mildred & Philip, Jim Williams, and Walter Mondale

With Lillian and the Carters

At the Georgia Aquarium

At Pigeon Mountain

In the Library Tent waiting to hear Donald Davis.

At the National Storytelling Festival with my favorite companion.

The Red Light was on!

Yum! With coffee.

With her new Camry

With Clementine at Rady Children's Hospital

On the Ross Pedestrian Bridge over the Oostanaula

Decked out for Trunk or Treat

With Clementine and Ruth

With my mother for Baby Recognition Sunday -- little Ruth's picture had to do.

In Vista CA for Ruth's baptism

With Ruthie

In Helen to celebrate Mildred's 100th birthday.

Just this week with the house decked out to celebrate the restoration of the republic on Inauguration Day.