22 Years

Today Mark and I celebrate 22 years of marital bliss. Not bad considering that for 21 of those years we've been parents of children with special needs. Although, technically, we didn't find out Hilary was deaf until she was a year old. So, we always say, we had 2 "good" years of marriage.  The key to our lasting marriage - despite the overwhelming odds against it lasting - is HUMOR.  If nothing else, we both can still laugh.  And, anyone who knows Mark knows that he is darn funny.  He's quiet- but funny!  Little known fact - Mark was a theatre major in college.  He's a great actor with a great sense of humor. I've encouraged him to get back into acting by joining a community theater.  Unfortunately, his work schedule just doesn't allow it right now. But, maybe some day ....

The following pictures are really lousy for a couple of reasons.

1. They are old (22 years old, to be exact).
2.  We didn't have money to hire a professional photographer when we got married - so the quality is crappy to begin with.  But, I thought I'd share them anyway.

The priest in the left of the picture (who you can only partially see) married my mom and dad (and taught both my dad and me in high school). The other priest - he was also one of my high school teachers.  He was a friend of my dad's growing up and he said my mom's funeral.  He's awesome.  If all priests were like him, I might still be going to church.  (But, that's a whole other topic!) 

Time for me to shut down the computer and finish packing.  We're hitting the road tomorrow and 5am comes early.