Forty Years Ago

[J Patrick]

Nice!!....great looking couple you two are....congrats on making what is probably the best decision you ever made....my wife....also a Jersey girl...and I have also been together for 40 years now although we actually married in 85.... our 35th anniversary is coming up next month.....

[golfreggie]

Thanks for sharing your heart Mr. Womak! I say Mr. as a form of respect, as I respect you and your wife for your commitment to each other that has obviously yielded a truly satisfying marriage as an example to others. Deepest thanks and congrats!

[jseth]

Happy Anniversary, Bob!

Wonderfully written paen to your wife and your union... may you have many more years together!!!

[Jim Owen]

Happy Anniversary Bob!

[Ryler]

Wow, what a great storyteller you are. Congratulations on creating such a meaningful life with the depths of partnership guiding it all. You two look innocently beautiful in that picture, but your portrait of a marriage was eminently more so.

[Bob Womack]

Thank you very much for your kind words everyone! I really consider myself the luckiest guy on the planet. By the way, that picture hung in the window of the photographer's shop for ten years, until the photographer retired. That has to be due to the beauty of the bride.

Bob

[fitness1]

Well done - many happy returns!

[Bridgepin]

Congrats Bob, Happy anniversary

[HodgdonExtreme]

Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

My folks just celebrated their 50th two months ago. Dad was 19 and Mom was 20. Craziness!!!

I have a theory about that, that you touched on when you said you softened eachother's sharp edges. Back in the day when people married young - I don't think they were "set in their ways" so much, making it easier to learn to be with someone.

Anyway, congratulations again on getting it right (and the FIRST time, to boot!)

[Earl49]

Congrats Bob and Mrs. Bob! We're coming up on 37 years ourselves, and I still don't deserve her.
It was good to get the storms out of the way early, even if it did mess up the honeymoon a bit.

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

Thank you very much for your kind words everyone! I really consider myself the luckiest guy on the planet. By the way, that picture hung in the window of the photographer's shop for ten years, until the photographer retired. That has to be due to the beauty of the bride.

Bob

Wow the sepia tone is perfect . And BTW what a cutie, you are lucky indeed .

[Bob Womack]

Thank you. That is a scan from our wedding album. The original is a low light, high-noise, low contrast color pic. So you add it together - specs from the scan, low light and contrast, and forty years worth of color fade. That's a lot to correct. I decided I could possibly get a better effect by reducing it to black and white. That seemed a little stark so I took into to sepia. I actually tweaked around for a while before I was happy. The first person who saw it took one look and said, "I hate sepia. It's so cliche'." It's nice to get a second opinion.

Bob

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

Thank you. That is a scan from our wedding album. The original is a low light, high-noise, low contrast color pic. So you add it together - specs from the scan, low light and contrast, and forty years worth of color fade. That's a lot to correct. I decided I could possibly get a better effect by reducing it to black and white. That seemed a little stark so I took into to sepia. I actually tweaked around for a while before I was happy. The first person who saw it took one look and said, "I hate sepia. It's so cliche'." It's nice to get a second opinion.

Bob

Well if looks outstanding, is "cliche" then ya OK I'll take that any day ...

[ghostnote]

Congrats on your wise choice and happy milestone! It's nice to hit a home run in your first at bat.