Thinking about Weddings

My Mom and Dad--Willoughby, Ohio, August 1947:

Robert P. Coughlin and Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick Coughlin

Dad had been home from his Navy service in World War II for about two years. He was 25 years old. Mom was 23. The wedding was held at Immaculate Conception Church in Willoughby, Ohio. I think Mom's cousin Lois Cherry (later Lois Goldie) was maid of honor. Mom was radiantly beautiful. Dad was drop-dead handsome. They couldn't have imagined a baby born 10 months later (me); another baby 2 years after that (Denny); then Mary Ellen three years after that; then Kevin; then Jimmy. A life full of ups and downs, as all lives are. I think of them as I reflect on Linda and my wedding 36 years ago in Cincinnati.

Wedding and Honeymoon May 1978

I'm going to repost this on our 38th Anniversary. Some of the few photos we have of that day.

Kenny Przybylski on left (the only photo I have of him). At our reception in Mt. Airy Forest, May 5, 1978.

Terri Antholzner and Brother Dan

Cutting the Wedding Cake

Linda, on our way down from Mt. LeConte, Smoky Mountains

Smoky Mountain Honeymoon, near Mt. LeConte

Because of our daughter's approaching wedding, we started looking at our own wedding photos from May 1978. Linda has not changed much. I used to have hair! Brown hair and a brown beard. Tempus fugit!