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September 1, 2008 Fifteen Years Ago Today Fifteen years ago today was a very special day. You were born that day…and I was a lot younger. Both are good things. If fifteen is anything like I remember, it is not easy. I am hoping that being this beautiful might make it easier for you. I have doubts. One thing will make it easier for you. The fact that you are unaware of how beautiful you are will help. Remembering this photo brightened my day. I hope you have a happy and wonderful birthday. |
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September 2, 2008 this woman When this woman agreed to marry me thirty-two years ago, it was nothing short of a miracle… uh, for me, not so much for her. We struggled a little at first. Neither of us had ever really struggled with life like that before. Adjusting from the cocoon of the college world to the weight of everyday life was a little heavy. The adjustment to married life surprised us both. Getting used to noticing we were poor was…hmmm, not fun. Spending all our time working to establish careers and get out from under our bills was wearing and left each of us way less of ourselves to give to the other. Time for things we wanted to do became scarce and way more valuable. The difficulties were bigger than we thought they would be. Putting the other ahead of ourselves in priority was trickier than we thought. Welcome to real life. Fortunately, neither one of us ever thought of our relationship as anything but permanent. It looks like there is a good chance that it might actually stick. Check with us tomorrow on that one. But it was thirty-two years ago today in a little chapel in Denver, Colorado that she promised to stay with me. There were a couple of witnesses. She had to. Some of those memories have come back to us both recently. Our son became engaged and will marry next year. As it turns out, we adore her as much as he does. It is really fun being around that level of happiness. This is my favorite photograph of Cheri…ever. Sure, I wish it was in dramatic light with a good camera and utilized the photography knowledge that all my friends on Flickr have taught me in the last year or so. However, no errors were made in taking this photo. The good stuff I have learned recently was not an option then. It is still my favorite photo. I took it on a cruise ship in the Caribbean in the middle of the night while we were walking around the deck. It may have been with a disposable camera. Hard to say. I cannot even remember lunch yesterday. For years before, we feared this was the kind of trip that would always be just beyond our budget, but we did it. Yep, I have been holding out on you. There are more photos than the ones you have already seen. This photo was taken nearly six years after we were married. For the first time, we were finally making more money than we were spending. But life is never neat, orderly or predictable. Our first pregnancy had ended the year before in a miscarriage. It had been an emotionally charged and very painful ordeal for both of us. Humans are curious and resilient creatures. We decided to take the chance again. It was the smartest, best thing that we ever did. Ever. She stood there in white by the railing so I could take her picture. I did not have any idea how valuable that photo would be to me. The eyes and hearts of every male within sight of her that night had pretty much melted. I noticed. She did not. This photographic evidence of that truth still melts me. She was two months pregnant with our son and we both knew it. Nobody else knew. It was a very happy time. Whenever I see this photo, I still say, “wow.” It is okay if you think so too and fine if you do not. I was there and cannot be swayed. It is hard to believe that anyone would stutter over a one-syllable word. But, wow. "So, Eric? That is an update two days in a row. Will you be updating every day now?" Bwahhhhhh..ha...ha... Pay very close attention after you get a grip on reality. No. I may even rename this junk "Fits and Starts", or "Shits and Farts". Whatever. |
| September 15, 2008 Olympian Announcing Quotes Here are a few items that you will not find on NBC. I did not gather these up. They are floating around the internet out there in www-land. So they must be accurate. These are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators during the Summer Olympics that they would probably like to take back: 1. Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria . I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing." 2. Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother." 3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." 4. Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious." 5. Softball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again." 6. Basketball analyst: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces." 7. At the rowing medal ceremony: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew." 8. Soccer commentator: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field." 9. Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?" |
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