Our 33rd Wedding Anniversary!

I have been married to my high school sweet heart for 33 years today! When I met Ricky Boudreaux he was in the 8th grade! He looked really cocky and he didn't walk, he strutted! He thought he was really cool! Then we got to high school, and in my sophomore year we met up at the yearly RICE FESTIVAL. He asked me to ride the rides and so our romance began on a ferris wheel overlooking the main street of Crowley. He held my hand that night and I noticed how rough his hands were (must be a hard working young man!) I soon began to think that Ricky Boudreaux was really cool too! He was a bit rough around the edges, kind of a BAD BOY, sports jock! My dad always thought he needed a haircut!  I thought I could tame him! HA! His Dad would pay him $10 for each touchdown he would score! He recalls a night that he made $40 in one game! All the while I'm on the sidelines cheering!!! We had the typical teenage dating relationship, we fought over stupid jealousies and broke up and made up more times than I can count. After high school when Ricky decided to work full time I decided we just as soon get married... he's says I've gave him an ultimatum. I don't know if that is accurate, but we did marry soon enough for me. We were very young, I was 18 and he was 19! The odds of a lasting marriage were certainly not in our favor! Ricky Boudreaux and I grew up together. Our first experience with any emotional trial was when I delivered our first baby boy which was stillborn. I was devastated and right away Ricky had to learn how to carry me through an emotional time! 8 kids later, he has grown to be the most wonderful (sometimes too nice) dad he could ever be! I love him more today than I could have ever imagined!
I have never stopped loving him! Of course, there were times when we got so busily caught up in life and the kids and the world that we (I) might've not kept our relationship as a top priority. But swiftly, faster than you can say "INFILTRATING DUCTAL CARCINOMA" that all changed. Suddenly, more than ever I needed Ricky to be there for me, to hold me up, to carry me, to LOVE me, to tell me I'd be okay again! And without fail, without falter he lifted me and showed to me the deep meaning of our vows... the in sickness part, the love is patient, love is kind part! I am amazed at his dedication to me and his children! I was telling Father Buddy the other day, that when he stands before couples at their weddings and they profess their love to each other, how can you get them to truly grasp the depth of the VOW? My husband is a shining example of being true to that wedding vow. He loves me completely, as I do him! He has taught me the true meaning of Love. He is Christlike in many ways.
I am so blessed to be his wife!
Ricky no longer struts when he walks, he is sure footed, on a path of love and service, there is nothing cocky about him, he is genuine, soft hearted and dedicated to life! He is a giver. And I have received so much love from him. I love Ricky Boudreaux! More now than ever before! 

I had "as good as I once was"  as background music for the following video but the you tube police didn't allow it!