Vernon Phillip Metcalf stood before God and witnesses and took the hand of Janet Teresa O’Leary to be his bride; so today we celebrate their continued love and union.
In the journey of life.
You’ll never find yourself alone…
My Heart Will Be Your Shelter
And my arms will be your home!
Today and forever…
Happy 34th Anniversary to Vernon Phillip and Janet Teresa O’Leary Metcalf!
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On every anniversary; tell your sweetheart that the journey of your love would be incomplete without them.
“Happiness comes more from loving than being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again — this is the brave and happy life.” ~ J.E Buckrose
It is with great pride
Anthony & Sheila Metcalf
Announce the commencement
of their son
Steven Ross Metcalf
and the Valley View High School
Class of 2009
Sunday the 31st day of May 2009
At 3 o’clock in the afternoon
The Schuster Center
110 North Ludlow St
Dayton, Ohio 45042
While attending a local high school graduation ceremony recently, the role parents play in the lives of their children came into sharp focus. It was a truly defining moment, one that I shall not soon forget.
Following the principle’s opening words of welcome; the students that had received scholarships spoke briefly. One common denominator united them: They thanked their parents for “all the love,” “for all the encouragement,” “for always being there,” “for the great example,” “for setting high standards for yourselves and me,” “for being an awesome role model.” Applause followed each as he or she stepped off the stage.
The last person to speak was the class valedictorian. She took the microphone in her hand, looked across the sea of faces in the packed auditorium, and then asked, “Mom and Dad, where are you?” Scanning the crowd, but not finding them, she repeated her question, “Where are you, Mom and Dad?”
Two people stood up. Their daughter, beaming said, “Audience, I would like to introduce you to my parents. I have asked them to stand along with me because I would not be up here today if it had not been for them. And now I would like everyone to give them a big round of applause because they are the ones who deserve it more than I.” And applaud they did – with such vivacity that it seemed as if the noble efforts of parents everywhere were being honored.
Parenting. This most scared duty cannot be understated. Of this I am convinced: the firm foundation of a parent’s deeply rooted commitment to his or her children may also be the springboard that launches those children to new heights. The effort to teach our young all that is good and true and worthy will bear fruit in season as surely as New England cherry trees open beneath the May sunlight. The growth within our children’s souls – the product of our abiding presence and tender care – will come to bloom before us as we stand looking on in appreciation, and perhaps awe.
Maybe we, too, will hear the applause someday.
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Making the decision to have a child – it’s monentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~ ELIZABETH STONE
take the scenic route.
I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those days that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off of a string.” ~ LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
Write RIB on a card and place it somewhere you will see it often. Each time you see it ask yourself, “Am I Ridiculing, being Indifferent or Belittling my loved one? When you catch yourself, apologize immediately.
I would like to have engraved inside every wedding band, “Be kind to one another.” This is the Golden Rule of marriage and the secret to making love last through the years. ~ RUDOLPH RAY
and more time worrying what’s right.
Goodnight, Beloved. This day is almost done. When the night and morning meet it will be only an unalterable memory. So let no unkind word, no careless, doubting thought, no guilty secret, no neglected duty, no wisp of jealous fog becloud its passing.
Now, as we put our arms around each other, in a sincere and affectionate token of our deep and abiding love, let us lay aside all disturbing thoughts, all misunderstandings, all unworthiness; who is to blame is not important, only how we shall set the situation right. And so, serving and being served, loving and being loved, blessing and being blessed, we shall make a happy, peaceful home, where hearts shall never drop their leaves, but where we and our children shall learn to face life joyfully, fearless and triumphantly, so near as God shall give us grace.
Goodnight, Beloved.
~ F. ALEXANDER MAGOUN
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Recommended Reading: LOVE AND MARRIAGE
by F. Alexander Magoun (Author)
