I found their wedding gift registry. This is quite telling of Marissa’s family and friends. When they would rather donate to your golden retriever fund than donate to your husband’s green card fund, that says a lot of what they think of him. It’s sad really.
Our Mikko (mee-ko) turns one today, or as close as we can get to his actual birthday. My husband found him trying to climb a tree at the local trash collection site. We think he was about 6 weeks old when we found the sweet hellion. He wasn’t abandoned there. We’re pretty sure he hitched a ride on a car engine block from a nearby farm, because he had road rash on his lower lip and singed whiskers.
He’s been driving our other 3 cats crazy since we brought him home, with hardly a moments rest for any of them.
We have a large outdoor kennel that our tabby enjoys but he’s not a fan. We tried to get him on the harness today and it’s not his favorite either.
I found this on the inside of an antique book that was in my mother in law’s book collection. She probably got it at a thrift store or it was gifted to her because she loved old books. Unfortunately the binding fell off the book some time ago. The book was an anniversary gift from Laura Geddes to her husband Norman on their first wedding anniversary. The note found inside says:
“Bill (?) my dear husband, accept a small favor upon this first anniversary of our marriage day as a slight token of the love and esteem cherished in the heart of a wife.
It is accompanied by the earnest prayer of one who loves you, that your life may be the life of a Christian and your last end be like his.
Yours most affectionately, Lot
Oct 19 1849”
I looked up the name on the bookplate and Frederick was their son who was born in 1850. Sadly, Laura died the same year he was born.
Does anyone know if Bill is a nickname for Norman or am I misreading it and maybe it says something else? I also love the nickname of Lot for Laura.