A Norvell Note 

January 25 – Vol. 30 No. 04

The Anniversary

On Friday, Kim and I celebrated fifty years of marriage (see photos on my Facebook page). We celebrated by enjoying two wonderful meals and a night in a lovely hotel on the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas. We had a wonderful wedding fifty years ago, and a wonderful time remembering the event and the people who have loved and supported us through the last five decades.

During the weekend, we reminisced about the songs, the wedding day, the honeymoon in Memphis and Gatlinburg, and our first days of adjusting to life as a married couple. We shared memories of places we’ve lived, trips we’ve taken, our children, their children, and friends who have blessed us along our journey. 

We talked about the changes we have experienced since we first got married. We did not have cell phones when we got married. Nor did we imagine we would ever have cell phones. We also never imagined the Internet, Wi-Fi, 65-inch televisions, screens in our automobiles that would guide us to our destinations, or that we would one day celebrate our fiftieth anniversary in New Braunfels, Texas. 

When we first got married, a counselor told us we would become different people every seven years. I have no idea how one would measure those transformations, but like the world around us, we have changed significantly. Obviously, we are older. We are wiser and more mature. Hopefully, we have helped each other become more like Jesus. I pray we have encouraged others to also be more like Him. 

Our love for each other has grown deeper and stronger than we could have imagined. As we move into our sixth decade, we plan to celebrate victories, grieve our losses, forgive our failures, encourage each other to be better people, and pray for one another to grow in our relationship with the Lord. 

God has blessed us more than I can express, and I look forward to all He will do as we move forward. 

We love you.

Tom & Kim

A Norvell Note © Copyright 2026 Tom Norvell All Rights Reserved.