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34: 50 years of perfectly imperfect love

34: 50 years of perfectly imperfect love

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Nneka Kelly
Apr 21, 2024
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We celebrated my parents’ golden anniversary yesterday.

50 Years of wedded bliss!

But bliss isn’t what you think it is. It’s messy and loud and sometimes doesn’t look like bliss at all.

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Seeing my parents close up, I witness my dad hold my mom tenderly…

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