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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Couple Celebrating 70th Wedding Anniversary Reveal Secrets to a Lasting Marriage
Don and Lorrie Davidson celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on May 21 The couple revealed their best advice for a long-lasting marriage to Los Alamos Daily Post They both agreed to "not to go to bed angry with each other" and to "talk out your disagreements"One couple celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary is revealing the key to a long-lasting marriage. Don and Lorrie Davidson of White Rock, New Mexico, marked 70 years of marriage on Wednesday, May 21. The pair told Carol A. Clark of Los Alamos Daily Post what their advice is for younger couples hoping to reach seven decades together too. 'We believed our wedding vows never tarnished, they are as bright and shiny as they were 70 years ago!" Don said. "My advice would be not to go to bed angry with each other, work out the differences that arise. Most differences are not important in the grand scheme of life." He continued, "Give over 50% of everything. The reason I fell in love with her is that I felt she was the missing piece to the jigsaw puzzle of my life; without her, I am incomplete." Lorrie agreed with her husband's words of wisdom. "If there are differences of opinion, don't let them fester," she said. "Talk out your disagreements and don't go to bed angry at each other." The duo met at the Illinois Insurance Bureau office and were close friends before they entered a romantic relationship with each other. Don and Lorrie dated for a few years before tying the knot in 1955 at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Wheaton, Illinois, when they were 26 and 23 years old, respectively. Before settling in White Rock in 1973, the pair moved 14 times within their marriage for Don's job in the military and insurance business. Once in New Mexico, Don became a fire protection and safety engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Meanwhile, Lorrie ran The Shop on the Corner in the Episcopal church for 24 years. Over the years, the couple welcomed five children and gained 9 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. They have also been highly involved with Order of the Eastern Star, the Scottish Rite and Shriners, York Rite and are devout members of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Earlier this year, England-based couple Derek and Brenda Dodge, another couple who celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary, told the BBC in March that the key to a good marriage is "love, respect for one another, patience, being truthful and to understand you don't always have to agree." Back in January, centenarian couple Betty and Elton Denner reflected on the success behind their long-lasting marriage, just three months after celebrating their 82nd wedding anniversary. "Their advice for a loving relationship is simple: patience, don't win an argument, do things together, with each other and the Lord," the couple's daughter, Christie Regan, told PEOPLE. She continued, "They credit their faith in Jesus as the strength in their marriage, guiding them each and every day. The love of their Lord has blessed and sustained them." In February, the longest-living married couple at the time, Manoel Angelim Dino and Maria de Sousa Dino, said their answer to their 84-year union is simple: love. Read the original article on People
CBS News
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Daughter in iconic Vietnam War photo "Burst of Joy" reflects: "It's still very fresh in my heart"
Daughter in "Burst of Joy" Vietnam War photo reflects on iconic moment frozen in time Daughter in "Burst of Joy" Vietnam War photo reflects on iconic moment frozen in time Daughter in "Burst of Joy" Vietnam War photo reflects on iconic moment frozen in time The iconic photo taken at Travis Air Force Base in 1973 of a family running towards their father, Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, after he was freed from being a prisoner of war in Vietnam is known as "Burst of Joy." Stirm's then-15-year-old daughter Lorrie, seen with her arms outstretched in the photo, still lives within driving distance of Travis AFB five decades later. With the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon approaching this week, CBS News Sacramento talked to Lorrie to reflect on that moment frozen in time during the Vietnam War. "Burst of Joy" AP Images/Slava Veder "It is just a glorious moment of time of my dad coming home to his family," Lorrie Kitching said. Her first words to her father in that famous moment? "Nothing profound," Lorrie said. "Just, 'Oh daddy, oh daddy." Now married with children of her own, Lorrie's father remains her hero. She saved the letters he wrote from the prison camp, which feature heartbreaking and heartwarming messages – always with perfect penmanship. "I'm so proud of my teenage girl," Lorrie read from one of the letters. Kitching also has Stirm's prison uniform carefully packed in the suitcase issued him upon his release. "They were released in order of their shoot-down date," Lorrie said. "The Vietnamese told him that these sandals were made out of the tires of the aircraft that he was flying." Lorrie reading one of the letters written by Stirm. One of his prison mates was John McCain, who was shot down a day before Stirm. The two pilots shared a wall in solitary confinement and communicated in a tapping code. "And so John McCain was tapping a joke to my dad, through the wall … and my dad said that's the first time he laughed when he was in jail," Lorrie said. Kitching's father never did tell her the joke. This milestone anniversary of the Fall of Saigon is a time for reflection for Kitching. "It's still very fresh in my heart, in mind, in my life," Lorrie said. It was a war that created a deep divide in a country – a country her father served to protect. "There were a lot of people who were just against the United States being involved at all," Lorrie said. Kitching says reflecting on that time has helped her to seek understanding. "I hope that I'm more empathetic," Lorrie said. "Burst of Joy" was taken by AP photographer Slava Veder and won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
