My Mom and Dad just celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary! We all took them to a nice restaurant and had a great time! Each year we get them a nice anniversary card. My parents really enjoy getting a card for any occasion, birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, etc., so I wanted to make sure the anniversary card I got for them was perfect. This turned out to be harder than I thought it would be. Way harder!

Why does every anniversary card for your parents sound like you’re reading their eulogy!? I swear you could read any one of those cards I saw at a funeral! It took me about and hour and a half and three stores, until I found a card that didn’t sound like my parents were taking a dirt nap! I could have gotten my Mom and Dad a card with that cranky old lady on the front, that you see at every Hallmark store, but anything that cranky old lady has to say about anniversaries, doesn’t quite give you the warm, fuzzy feeling you’re looking for.

At one point, I was thinking I could find something at Spencers Gifts, but somehow I don’t think a card with really inappropriate naked people on the front of it, sitting in the lap of a teddy bear, flipping them the bird was going to convey the right message either. Maybe card stores should have a “One foot in the grave section with a sign that says, “The Grim Reaper’s pick of the week”.

Hey, maybe I can start my own anniversary card business! Roses are blue, violets are red. Happy anniversary, at least you’re not dead! Hmm, maybe I’ll just stick with radio for now.

Randy