Happy Birthday, Katelin

In August of 2000, on the first day of my freshman year of high school, in "Talented and Gifted" English with Mrs. McGuire, as an earnest and eminently bookish 14-year old, I met a fellow student who, seven years and four months later, I would marry in the same city.

This is a great mystery.

On July 5th, we will celebrate six years of being together; in August, 10 years of knowing each other; in December, three years of marriage.

And today, 24 years of Katelin's life on the earth.

What a gift to share our life together. Happy birthday.