i was ten years old when my grandparents on my father s side celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage our family piled into our tan 85 aerostar and made the three hour climb to cadillac there was a reception held at the local v f w hall where my grandfather was a member i remember meeting a lot of strangers whose names or faces were either immediately lost or never registered at all and how they would all tell us how excited they were to meet us do you know how two trees can grow together and become like one when my grandmother died my grandfather died too it took two whole years to convince his body to let him go