Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad!

It’s Mom & Dad’s Anniversary today.

37 years. (If my math is correct…1968, right?)

I think that deserves a standing ovation. I’m standing & clapping right now.

I want to thank them for having a wonderful marriage, for providing me with an example of what a marriage could be and should be. They make it look so easy, which just underscores how much they love each other, and respect each other, and listen to each other, and communicate with each other.

They’ve taught me that you have to be open and honest and willing to listen, and that the other person’s feelings matter, and that you never go to bed angry, and you’ve got to have fun and laugh, and if you can’t laugh you’d all go insane….

As far back as I can remember, they’ve always smiled at each other—not just with their lips, but with their eyes, with their souls. They’ve always held hands, and hugged each other, and said “I Love You.”

I knew, early on, that this is what love is—knowing that you’ll be okay when the other one is near. Knowing that you’ll be okay when you move the entire family to Alaska on a dream because you believe in the other person, totally and completely. Knowing that no matter what curves life throws at you, you’ll be okay—because you have that other part of you to hold you and hug you and tell you it will be okay.

My parents are both strong, independent people on their own, but together they make one amazing team. And I am lucky & blessed to have them as my parents, and I thank God for them every single day.

I love you, Mom & Dad!!! Happy Anniversary!