Ten years! It hardly seems possible. Meredith and I have been married for TEN years! I am a very lucky man – I love my wife and she is my best friend, She makes me a better person, and we laugh together all the time. She is great.

As appropriate – this morning an alarm went off by accident at 7:00 am. I could not find it, and Meredith came over to her bag (where the alarm was) to help me. As she turned the alarm off, she said cheerily, “Happy tenth anniversary!”, to which I responded with a loving, thoughtful, “Grrrrr-uuuggggh!” as I went back to bed. My language center was not working yet. She must really love me!

We are in Alabama visiting my sister, her husband, and their daughter. We had a nice day today, including eating out twice and getting ice cream. I took a nap, and while I was asleep, Meredith left me this note on my suitcase:

“I have now been married ten years. I know what it is to live
entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself
supremely blest–blest beyond what language can express; because I
am my husband’s life as fully is he is mine.”

It’s from Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte. My wife is a gem!