This is going to be great year!

On August 2nd, 1989, Carol and I went on our first date to Evita.  I don't recall the musical much at all but I remember the evening well.  We married 10 months later.  It was 5 years ago when I last my had a conversation with Carol.  I recapped our conversation and said, “This is going to be a great year.” And she left.  That sounds sad, but the truth is that it was a great year.  It was a great 24 years.  Carol and I had a life with all of its fun and excitement, but also frustrations and disappointments.  Don't tell the kids, but we even had an argument once, about peaches.  The reason I mention this is that when I look back at all the pictures from 1989 to 2013, I was reminded of dumb things I said and did, decisions I made both good and bad.  But I smiled as I walked through the years.

There are a bunch of pictures of vacations, fancy dresses, cute kids, new houses, and super hot moms (well one anyway).  But this is definitely my favorite.  This is a picture of us on a family mission trip in 2012.  What I see in this picture is everything I just mentioned, but I mostly see someone who enriched others by pouring into their lives and making their years great also.  I will be forever thankful for the great years we had with her.