Here there, to the four or five of you who still read this thing even though I’ve been too distracted to write regularly. Wanted to let those of you in the general Dayton vicinity know that in September, we’ll be hosting our World Vision BBQ again. Check out Kerri’s blog for more info. RSVPs welcome but not necessary. Hope to see you then if not sooner.
17 May, 2007
Happy Anniversary, Kerri
Ten years ago we were kids. I had more hair… but not much; and you had fewer grays… but not many.
Ten years on we are no longer kids ourselves, but rather parents of our own kids.
Ten years ago we were two very different people, different both from each other and from who we are now, making a commitment to grow together.
Ten years on we are still different… and we are still choosing to grow together.
Ten years ago we had a future full of possibilities open to us.
Ten years on we have fewer possibilities, but we have instead grown into our choices and our future looks richer than ever.
Heart & Soul
Always & Forever
23 November, 2006
Thanksgiving 2006: For Unexpected Time
Early this afternoon we headed over to my in-laws for what we thought was an early Thanksgiving dinner. Miscommunication somewhere: dinner wouldn’t be until early evening. So, Kerri and I stole away for a hour and strolled through the neighborhood on a crisp, sunny fall day. I grew up in that neighborhood – our route took us through a green area behind my old house – so there are memories all over. More important today, was the opportunity to spend time in the present with the one I love while dreaming about our future.
20 November, 2006
Thanksgiving 2006: For Kerri
Will started it, and it looks like Bob it picking up on the theme, too. I’m happy to be on this bandwagon…
I’m thankful for Kerri. It might be a bit cliché to start with one’s wife, but I’m doing it. Will and Bob did the same. Sue us. We’ve got great wives. (Perhaps you should thank them, because I’m willing to bet none of us would be half the man we are if it weren’t for them.)
Kerri and I have been married nearly a decade; we were “steady” for another five or so years before that. She’s my best friend, by confidant, my audience, my lover (shhh! don’t tell our parents), and my strength on so many feeble days. Together we’ve graduated (a couple times each), welcomed children, bid farewell to a loved one, bought a home, traveled, laughed, fought (a little), cried (ok, I came really close…), risked, dreamed, failed, wondered and silently held one another.
In some ways I’m your typical male, oblivious to many of the subtleties that go into relationships. With Kerri, however, the briefest touch lingers. A glance lasts for days.
So, I begin my list here… with Kerri.
There but for the grace of you go I
19 July, 2006
What Blogging Can Do
Last month I participated in Problogger.net’s Blogging Goals Project with an entry titled “Why Blog?” Well, there’s another reason.
17 May, 2006
A Blogging Family
So, my wife has joined us. Go welcome her to the blogosphere: My Name Is Mommy
Make her feel loved.
