This is an excerpt from a heartwarming story that recently appeared in a Tampa Bay, Florida newspaper.
SEMINOLE – For the Essenburgs, the news is sadly familiar: staggering unemployment, failing banks, and families struggling to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads.
John "Jack" and Ella Essenburg are contemporaries of the Great Depression. It's when they met, married, and started their family that now extends to five generations.
The Essenburgs—he's 97 and she's 96—recently celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary. What is the key to the longevity of their marriage? Among other things, the couple has developed a well-honed rhythm of long-time companionship.
Sunday mornings, for instance, they settle in front of the television to catch the "possibility thinking" philosophy espoused by Robert H. Schuller's Hour of Power.
