This weekend members of the extended Kerney family gathered in Maine to celebrate my parents' 50th anniversary. It was a wonderful celebration with lots of love, appreciation and great stories that at least we found very funny. Fifty years is a long time, and we could have easily filled the three days with recollections of the wonderful things that my parents have done for us and so many others.
However, when it came down to time to distill our most important thoughts to just a few words, the thing that we wanted to say the biggest "thank-you" for in addition to their love and support was for the incredible commitment and sacrifices that they made to ensure that my brother, sister and I had the best possible education. They both worked long hours, drove cars more miles, took fewer vacations, considered chipped beef on toast a delicacy and generally lived frugally in order to send the three of us to the best available day school, boarding schools and expensive colleges. There were challenges, but the one thing that would never be compromised was getting a good education.
Sometimes we don't stop and reflect enough, but this weekend helped me refocus on why this is so important. Thanks again Mom and Dad for all of your love and support, for the thousands of wonderful memories, and for insisting that he three of us had the best education.
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What a wonderful tribute. Those of us who had our parents long enough to celebrate 50 years of their marriage are blest beyond imagination.
It is a 50 year journey so few get to take anymore.
Jack Blair
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