Today I interviewed a wonderful couple - Jerry and Caroline Pitman of Lower Paxton Township.
For their 50th wedding anniversary, Jerry rented a billboard (at N. 38th & Walnut Streets in Susquehanna Twp.) and put it "out there" for all the world to see... a photo of them, and a "Happy Anniversary" message atop a building.
Wow... that is SUPER cute.
And I gotta say - this couple is still truly 100% in love!!! I could tell by the way they finished each others' sentences, how they glanced into each others' eyes, how they spoke about one another, how he still opened the door for her ... that it was real. Nothing complicated. Just. Simple. Love.
I swear, I think my photographer Garth thought I was gonna break-down and start crying right there.
Maybe it's that generation ("the greatest," that is). My Grandma and Grandpa Davidson were the same way. You grew up, got married, had kids, and lived happily ever after - and when I say "happily," I mean it. They truly were happy.
Not to say every marriage doesn't have its up's and down's, but man, these days - between pre-nups, divorces, and the "well, let's just get hitched in Vegas and see how it goes"...where's the real romance - where's the real relationship - where's the real COMMITTMENT?
People just seem so "blah" about love these days. Even the ones who are married, who are in a committed relationship with "the one" they chose, and are supposedly "in love" ... even they seem indifferent about their partners.
Maybe I'm jaded...maybe I'm lonely...heck, maybe I'm just PMSing... but I swear, I didn't think there was a love out there like the Pitman's anymore.
I guess it's just refreshing to know that it DOES exist. Thanks for restoring my faith Jerry and Caroline... can't wait to do a story about your 60th.
