You celebrate a birthday today. I have only known you for about 15 years, but treasure the memory of every one of them. Even the second year, the year you dumped me. But you said “yes” a year later and we were married a year after that. How fortunate for me!

Memories of the five PK (pre-kid) years are a bit of a blur, but the spur-of-the-moment trips to Seattle, the coast, and back East will not be forgotten. Each year the time seems to pass more quickly. We are certainly not getting any younger, but we sure are having a lot more fun.

Your patience with the children is an example to me. Your patience with me is even more humbling! Thank you for being a wife I can “safely trust in.” I trust that the Lord will give us another 60 or more years together, and that you can put up with me for that much longer.

I love you, Tami! Happy birthday!