Today, July 20th, 2020, marks my 24th Anniversary with Sandy, my wife, my better half, aka The Warden. She says she hates it when I call her that, then she says she misses my dad calling her that. He’s the one that started it, and it was with affection. He always knew she did everything she did just to help him. And she’s the same with me. I don’t think I’d even be here if it wasn’t for her. She has kept me on-track (or at least tried as hard as possible) with everything from eating healthy to making sure I take my meds accurately and on-time each and every day, and has always taught me over our 25+ years together that you always help others as much as you can, be kind and fair to everyone, respect your elders, be a good person, don’t hold a grudge, there are more good people in the world than bad, and never go to bed angry.

We’ve had a great time, and it has all gone way too fast! It seems like the older we get, the faster time flies. And these days we can hardly celebrate. We would normally go out for dinner at least, and even though some restaurants are fully open, we aren’t willing to risk it. Next year will be our 25th though, which is supposedly much more of a milestone, so we’ll be sure to celebrate that one at least a little better than this one.