Twenty Years and Counting

Twenty years ago today [on May 5th 1990] two young and stupid kids were united in marriage at St. Edward Parish in Blawnox, Pennsylvania. The couple was surrounded by family and friends when they took their vows.

After the ceremony, a caravan of vehicles took part in the nearly one-hour trip to the Norwin Elks Lodge in Manor, Pennsylvania where the same family and friends shared dinner, dancing, and laughs at a fun-filled reception. The song for our first dance was “I can’t help falling in love with you” by Elvis Presley. We danced the night away to favorite tunes like “Old-Time Rock-n-Roll” by Bob Seger, “Pump up the Jam” by Technotronic, “Shout” by the Isley Brothers, and “I hate myself for loving you” by Joan Jett. We polka’d, we did the Bird Dance, and we gathered for sing-a-longs.

It was a time BEFORE the huge popularity of the “Electric Slide”, and the song “1999” by Prince was still about the future. It was back in the days when we still wore our hair “big” and the guys wore their ties “narrow”. We had entered a new decade (the 90s), but some of us were still a little stuck in the decade before. Chuck Noll was still the head coach of the Steelers, and we cheered on Bubby Brister as quarterback.

Oh my . . . the memories.

Twenty years later we’ve grown older and greyer. We’ve lost some of our loved ones over the years . . . Grandma and Grandpa McKenna, Pap Heider, and Adorable Deborah have all gone on to a better place and they are still missed. We’ve changed . . . hopefully for the better, but deep inside we ARE still the same “two stupid kids” that tied the knot twenty years ago.

Thanks for sharing in our memories on our 20th wedding anniversary.

BLOG POST UPDATE:

Below is another photo that was contributed by my “much older brother”. I thought I’d share.

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