We realized a short time ago that this marks 45 years, a milestone anniversary. We talked about ways to celebrate, but honestly? This is what I wanted most, to have supper together on a random Saturday night in February, and they were kind enough to be here. My parents were able to come too. Julia […]
All our love as you celebrate this very impressive milestone Congratulations and love always, Val, Jay and Everybody
It was so exciting. He didn’t have any jobs for today, so when we woke up we stayed in bed for a while and watched Nature Cat. They were having a dance party to celebrate the winter solstice, and that show, so bizarre. But no less bizarre than watching the news. Then we went to
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My aunt and uncle, my godparents, live in the beautiful hills of western Wisconsin. It’s always beautiful there. A summer day like this one? Yes. A day in the fall? Stunning. Winter? Yeah, breathtaking. Those are my kids, trooped down the cornfield to show the grandkids some cows. They liked them. The cows obligingly moo-ed
Jay did this back in December one evening while I was working. He found us a trip to celebrate our 35th anniversary. We left in a snowstorm, and came back to the remnants of another one–school was even cancelled again–but then in between was this: This is the boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta. In this town, buses run
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Here we are celebrating our 35th anniversary with the kids. Here’s where we are this week. This is what’s going on back at home: Kirsten is showing them a good time. Love you all so, MOM and DAD
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Yep, it’s our anniversary today. It was a great day, lots of kids and fun, dinner just the two of us. Onward. love you Buddy, always, love Me
We went to their wedding last night. She is an old friend who grew up with my girls, all those scrappy wild days. Her family lived next door to us for years. He’s a cute person with a generous, gentle, kind heart. (I think she’s going to be very happy, and he too. They’re
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Yeah, Mother’s Day was great. Heidi and Joe cooked, and Jay and Alicia, John and Dannell and Kirsten, and it was awesome. Then we drove out to Wisconsin to visit my mother’s mom, the sole remaining member of that generation. Even with her bad heart, she’s as fearless, beautiful, and sweet as ever. And she
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Before I said it was their seventh anniversary, but John called to inform me I was off a year. He said he reads this blog every day to check it for correctness. Oh my. Here they are with my grandma, at the reception. What a great day that was. We had so much fun. Here
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