Our Anniversary

Today, June 8, 2006, Lenore and I celebrated our 66th wedding anniversary. We have lived a long, loving and very fertile life together and it warmed our hearts to receive so many very kind wishes from our family and friends. We capped this happy day at our local Imperial Wok, with a savorous Chinese dinner. Joined with us were two of our five children, their spouses, two of our twelve grandchildren and Lauren, Brian's lovely amante.

At our age, we no longer look too far into the future. But we do enjoy living with our memories of the past, of which we have an overwhelming abundance. If God is not impatient to have us, we will try to be here for our next anniversary. In the meantime, forgive this gratuitous bit of advice we extend to those who take this extraordinary gift of life, for granted:

Live this precious life thou hast

Wasteth it not in barren solitude

Endeavor ever to be first, not last

To proclaim thy sincerest gratitude

That thou wert incubated, then born

--- Dom Gabriele

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