I came upon some of my Dad's things the other day. I found a picture of them in 1973 on vacation in Bermuda, 8 months before Mom passed away at the age of 44, from lung cancer.

Along with the picture, I found beautiful love letters my Dad wrote to Mom while in the Navy. They were high school sweethearts. They started dating when Mom was 14 and Dad was 15. They were married for 27 years.

I was so excited, I ran to the craft store and bought stuff to make a special frame. Here's the end result. I smile everytime I look at it.