{"id":1767,"date":"2015-02-23T04:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/im-remembering\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:02:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:02:25","slug":"im-remembering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1767","title":{"rendered":"I’m Remembering"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Day 45 of Photo Inspirations — February 14, 1961 — I\u2019m remembering.
\nFifty-four years ago today, the cutest dark haired 13-year old boy named Ronnie (aka Ron) Wuerch and me, the lankiest, 12-year old girl named Donna Wheat, had our very first \u201cofficial\u201d date (chauffeured by Ron\u2019s dad) to a church Valentine\u2019s Banquet. This photo is that day \u2013 Ronnie had to stand on the step above me \u2013 I was taller than him, and the dress I wore, was the \u201cshortened\u201d version of the junior bridesmaid dress I wore in my cousin\u2019s wedding. Oh, the butterflies in my stomach, the sweaty palms, and the pride I had in showing off my \u201cboy friend\u201d to my friends. At thirteen, Ronnie was already an accomplished pianist and could sing like a teen-idol! That night, he played the piano and sang at the banquet. I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world when my girl friends said, \u201cHe sings and looks just like Frankie Avalon!\u201d (Okay, I know the youngsters reading this, have no idea who Frankie Avalon was, but suffice it to say, \u201cHe was a hunk!\u201d).  The other photo here is the charm bracelet he gave me the next year on Valentine’s Day — it was our 1-year “first date” anniversary!<\/p>\n

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It was a complete set-up by my grandmother \u2013 of all people. She invited my family to their church where Ronnie\u2019s dad was the Pastor. Right from the beginning of the church service, I saw that cute boy looking and smiling at me\u2026..and I smiled back. A few days later, my grandmother called to say, \u201cRonnie Wuerch says he likes you.\u201d And, I said, \u201cTell him I like him!\u201d And that\u2019s the way we began. Early on in our relationship, not only did my grandmother know, but so did our mothers know (you know \u2013 that woman\u2019s intuition), that we were meant to be. And, here I am, fifty-four years later, on this February 14, 2015, and saying, \u201cYes, we were meant to be!\u201d  <\/p>\n

It’s been 4 years and 3 months since my Valentine Sweetheart’s graduation to heaven. I’m missing him today\u2026incredibly!    Would I bring him back, if I could? I\u2019ll answer that in this way. I love him too much to want him back. You see, the Bible is full of wonderful promises, and perhaps the most wonderful of all is this: \u201cNo eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him\u201d (1 Corinthians 2:9). There are many things we don\u2019t know about what heaven will be like, because it is beyond our ability to comprehend. But one thing we can be sure of, is that it will fulfill our greatest longings; it will dazzle us with its beauty; it will be greater than anything we could imagine or dream; it will be a place where love and joy will reign unspoiled. And, that\u2019s where my Honey is celebrating this Valentine\u2019s Day. I would NEVER want to bring him back, but, one thing\u2019s for sure, my greatest determination is to be there with him someday. So, I\u2019m purposing to live each remaining day as if it is my last day on earth. That means I\u2019m going to endeavor to spend each day wisely, acknowledge the Lord in prayer, spend daily time with Him, worship Him,  and serve Him in loving others, and in making a positive impact on our generation for Him!    I know, without a doubt….THIS IS THE WAY IT’S MEANT TO BE!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 45 of Photo Inspirations — February 14, 1961 — I\u2019m remembering. Fifty-four years ago today, the cutest dark haired 13-year old boy named Ronnie (aka Ron) Wuerch and me, the lankiest, 12-year old girl named Donna Wheat, had our very first \u201cofficial\u201d date (chauffeured by Ron\u2019s dad) to a church Valentine\u2019s Banquet. This photo…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6600,10659,40,132,6801,677,10660],"class_list":["post-1767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1-corinthians-29","tag-frankie-avalon","tag-inspiration","tag-love","tag-photo-inspiration","tag-sweetheart","tag-valentines-banquet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3322,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions\/3322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}