…. September 13, 1947
Without a doubt, the very best thing about having your parents celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversary is having your parents here to celebrate that amazing marital milestone. [but see] Yes, I’m blessed. Indeed, my siblings and I, and all the descendents, friends and loved ones of Arthur P. and Connie M. Giacalone are blessed to be able to raise our voices to them with love, gratitude and affection, and with warmest wishes for more of the happiest and healthiest possible times together.
Elsewhere at this webiste, I have posted Art & Connie Giacalone: the first 60 years (Sept. 13, 2007). It’s a display of about two dozens photographs that span their married/family life. It includes larger renditions of the photos used in this posting.
Rather than attempt to find the words that are in my heart about my Mother and Father, I’m going to let some of our Honored Guest haiku poets give a little insight on their own perspectives of love, marriage, family, etc.
honeymoon photo 
a mountain path ascends
into the mist
………………………………………………. by ed markowski
leaves turned to gold –
he still know all the words
to that old love song
…………………………………. by Billie Wilson
planting bulbs
the ring I gave you
in sunlight
……………………………………. by Yu Chang
at the height
of the argument the old couple
pour each other tea
……………………………..……. by George Swede 
dawn rain
dripping off autumn leaves
her yawn my yawn
25th anniversary . . .
she sits on the suitcase
to zip it shut
……………………………………….. by randy brooks
“25th anniversary” – RAW NerZ XII:3; pegging the wind: rma 2002
“dawn rain” – School’s Out (Press Here, 1999)
it’s pink! it’s purple!
sunset inspires
more bickering
hazy harvest moon
the face I met
when our skin was smooth
……………………………. by david giacalone, a/k/a dagosan
“it’s pink!” – Frogpond XXVIII:2; haiga at MagnaPoetsJF; “hazy” at MagnPoetsJF
wedding album
counting the couples
who’ve since split up
honeymoon night
the suite’s acoustics
amplify her snores
roller coaster
we have no advice
to offer the newlyweds
anniversary day
my wife & i
assemble a treadmill
………….. by ed markowski
“anniversary day” – bear creek haiku (Spring 2002)
– click for an inspiring haiga at MagnaPoetsJF
half heard rain
page after page
of family photos
hanging crooked–
no one missing from
her old photo
……………… by Gary Hotham
“half heard rain” – “Footprints & Fingerprints” (Lilliput Review, Modest Proposal Chapbooks, 1999)
“hanging crooked” – “Missed Appointment” (Lilliput Review, 2007)
Why did Gramps marry Grandma? See our 60th Anniversary Page for a possible answer, via the Pickles comic strip.
snowed in
the wedding-ring quilt
lumpy with children
……………………….. by peggy willis lyles