davisintaiwan: Celebrating My 70th Birthday!

I was trying to think what my mom looked like when she was 70, but remembered that she passed away 2 months before she turned 69. So I really wouldn't know what she looked like when she was 70, would I? She was a beautiful woman, but life had dealt her some pretty hard curves. She started having health problems before she turned 40. I remember her thyroid problems, her eye problems, and I also remember her legs were so swollen that they looked like elephant's legs. In fact, that was what they called them then, the elephant's legs. I remember she used to go to Taiwan University Hospital to see her cousin, who was the head of eye department at Tai Da. She ended up with serious diabetes problems. The disease finally took her life as her kidneys, then her heart failed her. But this is her beautiful wedding picture. Notice the beautiful bouquet? We made similar bouquets for our two daughters' weddings.

Mom and Dad's wedding picture

Now I'm older than when Mom passed away and I'm also in much better physical shape too. Mom worked hard for us because she loved us so much. That's probably one thing I learned the most from her. I love our children so much even though we've been apart because we've been serving missions. I sure miss them even though we talk at least once a week. I remember staying at home to care for them when they were young, and didn't go back to school to get my Master's degree until when I-Kang was in 3rd grade. I didn't even start my PhD. Program until all the kids have served their missions, 3 of them have completed their degree and Kang was almost done with his BYU undergraduate degree.

Some celebrating below: