Twenty Years...and counting
Sorry for the "epic post", but it's been an...epic life. Today Joerg and I celebrate twenty years of wedded bliss and family adventures. I was recently challenged by an older, wiser, and long-married mentor (thanks Mom) to see if I could remember something special from each of those twenty years. Since I can barely remember what I'm supposed to be doing twenty minutes from now, I had to cheat and refer back to photos to get the timeline right. So, here we go. Year one: a transatlantic move for one of us, a cross-country move for the other, get married, buy a house and move again, have Baby #1. Not bad for the first year. Three years of adjusting to Vermont, married life, and parenting flew by like a shot. The adventures begin. From checking out the scenery from the (frozen) water, learning about Vermont's sugaring history, introducing Patrick to trains, raking leaves, getting Patrick his first suit (of many), teaching Patrick to fish, and wor