Former BJ assistant managing editor/art director Terence Oliver and Dr. Greta Oliver celebrated their 35^th wedding anniversary Sunday, January 4.

Let Terence tell the story because he did it so well with his Facebook post:

Please help me celebrate 35 Years of Marriage with my bride, Dr. Greta Oliver! Married on January 4, 1986.

 

Since then here is a little fun trivia about kids, grandkids, travel, job titles, houses, businesses, cars, degrees, books over the years (even though there was so much more):

 

Job titles: Art director, assistant managing editor, professor, college administrator, trainer.

 

Education: We had 3 college degrees, but earned 3 additional ones (TO, masters, GO Masters and PhD)

 

Travel: Tons of travel all over, including 30 trips to Hawaii (mostly as a couple, but two with parents, two with kids, and a few with friends).

 

Kids: Two boys and two girls

 

Mentoring: Thousands of students between the two of us.

 

Businesses: 5 (three current businesses, Elite Execution Design, Simple Told Design, Oliver Consulting).

 

Cars types: Chevy, Ford, BMW, Mercedes, Cadillac, Lincoln, Bentley, Jaguar, Buick, Mazda, and Nissan.

 

Houses: 6 (Maple Heights, Macedonia twice, Albany, Durham, Chapel Hill).

 

Grandkids: four.

 

Kids married: 4

 

Books: 1 (Greta’s new book College Blueprint due out soon). *Terence’s motivation book, probably next year.

 

Mission trips: Kenya, South Africa and Paris.

 

There is so much more...

 

Good job, Terence, with writing the article for me and your choice of a lifetime spouse.

 

Kudos!