Happy Anniversary!

Today is my parent's 27th wedding anniversary. They've seen it all -or at least most of it. Sometimes what remains unseen is far better left that way.

Last year my father was ill, very ill. It started in the spring and as last summer progressed he looked worse- and much older than his years. By the end of August it was clear that something seriously wasn't right, but no one knew what. My Dad was starting to resemble a broken Humpty Dumpty and all the doctors and specialists couldn't put him back together again.

The weekend before Hurricaine Katrina hit in New Orleans my parents were supposed to have vacationed there. The week before, due to my father's health, my mother decided to change their plans -and a good thing too. On that Monday forces larger than Hurricaine Katrina were surely at work. So when my father entered the hospital (and not of his own free will) that day (my mother at work again?) it was a very good thing indeed that they hadn't gone to New Orleans, from what we all know now, my father surely would have died.

The Tuesdayday that Hurricaine Katrina struck my father looked as thought death had followed him from Louisianna. So much so in fact that I went out the very next day and bought a black suit. It was on the day that I bought the black suit that they finally were able to diagnose my father's illness and thus save his life.

So here we are, almost a year later, still all together and life is more than we all ever thought it would be this time last year. Here's to a year!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad! May you have 27 more years! Cheers!

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