August 09, 2010
21
Good morning! It's a cool but muggy morning here in the Souhegan Valley on this August 9th. Wait?! The 9th?! No way! I'm way, way too young to have been married 21 years. How can it be? I'm still way too crazy in love with Michelle. These are supposed to be the "yes dear" years, aren't they? 21 years?! So, can we legally drink as a couple now?
Wow! 5+ years of USAF officer active duty service. A graphic arts degree for Michelle, a masters degree in computer engineering for me. Base housing, our home in Nashua, our current home in Milford. Lockheed-Sanders, J-Squared, VAutomation, ARC, Transdimension, Oxford Semiconductor, ATI, AMD, and now Qualcomm. Claire, Abigail, Michael, Daniel, Timothy. Lectoring, Opus Dei, RCIA, CCD. Hi-Lo, running, cardio machines followed by 16+ years of Step aerobics. The Escort (Scarlet), the CRX Si (Sneaker), the Saturn (Forest), the Accord EX-V6 (the purple people eater), the first Odyssey (the Silver Bullet), the Jetta TDI (Ruby) and now the second Odyssey EX-L (Triple B, the Bilik Berry Bullet). This list could go on, couldn't it?
Happy 21st Sweetheart! Even with last year's cancer ordeal, I wouldn't trade it. My dad joked that when I graduated it was a wife or a Porsche, but not both. I definitely chose far better option. The Porsche won't help me get to heaven nor can I help get a Porsche into heaven. Besides, a Porsche would probably be the slowest way to get around in heaven.
Best wishes also to Tom and Alyssa who soon follow in this benchmark.