Look at these two....the picture emanates happiness! While there is a faint whisper of a devilish pose from "Front Doerr" to see him own up to his true persona his smile would light up the night. And certainly there is no disguising her exhilaration from the "Back Doerr" sharing the pixels with her beau of now 62 years for her smile radiates joy. They are a unique couple in today's revolving array of splintered and fractured relationships. Staying together for that length of time contradicts the very nature of our concept of marriage today. With divorce rates being as high as 1 out of every 2 marriages, they've left a template of marital continuity that should be put in the history books. When the historians look at some of the great relationships in history, the Doerrs will rank up near the top. I've had the privilege of knowing them for almost 46 years, 22 of them as my in-laws but alas, my marriage to their daughter didn't survive and I count that as being a diminishing casualty of that marriage. And yet, I have been fortunate to remain friends with them and if you've read any of my previous posts about the "Front Doerr", last March he was almost called "home". But old buggers like him don't die easy and certainly his work on this earth wasn't finished. He's still here and thank God for this, for he is a good person and most assuredly so is his bride. It's an honor to consider them friends.
You know the old saying when God closes a "Doerr", somewhere He opens another one. It's good to have 2 "Doerrs" to every home.
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