jay | Happy anniversary!

22 years ago, on a hazy, humid Florida July day... over the objections of the Roman Catholic priest presiding, who didn't like that I wasn't Catholic... about 100, mostly relatives, there... my parents and sister had been boycotting the ceremony because Pat kept her last name, but came anyway... we were trapped at the church after my best man left with my car keys, and therefore the reception luncheon was an hour late getting started... we had silly grins pasted on our faces all day... snuck back that night into the same pink stucco beachfront hotel where out-of-town relatives were staying.

patgreene is bright, quirky, full of ideas and information, sometimes sick, always cuddly, fiercely passionate about the things which motivate her, unsure of herself, introverted, and loves me. Life with her... as her father said, when I asked his permission... "it won't be boring." She has stayed with me through stresses and bad times, through sickness and health, triumphs and disasters, and is a large part of what I think of as "home". Happy anniversary, dear!