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455,832 hours, or 18,993 days have passed since Peggy and I jumped into the raging waters of the Matrimonial Sea on this day in 1973. 

There was no "Big Bang Theory" on TV then, so there was no Sheldon Cooper in the pop culture for Peggy to use to explain me to friends and her family and co-workers. They just learned to figure me out, somehow. And that wasn't always easy! It was to be many years before Peggy finally convinced me to stop answering questions honestly when it came to how did I like the food and what do I think of dancing The Hustle.

On the other hand, Peggy takes no getting used to, which is why I fell deeply for her the first time I met her, and I never got over the feeling of falling in love. 

So it was on this day in 1973 that I and my rented tuxedo married the love of my life. We have had our fun and our laughter and the house is often filled with the sound of music. I don't reckon that any couple has laughed as much as we have over 52 years of love and hilarity. 

Oh, listen, there have been sad days and there have been deaths and sadness and losses and disappointments. But you know what got us through, was knowing that it wouldn't be long before we were laughing again. 

Thank you, Peggy, for all this goodness. Let's go for another 52 years, on earth and then in Heaven.