Happy 13th Anniversary!

It was 13 years ago tonight at approximately 9pm that Cindy and I first met. I was working as a DJ in a club and she came in dressed in a Medieval wench dress for our Halloween costume contest and asked me to play a song for her.

Within a few months I asked the little Witch (I say that in the most positive sense) to marry me and to my everlasting joy she said, "Yes."

These past 13 years have been the happiest of my life. Here are The Shades of Blue, performing how I feel, just for you babe.

Happy Anniversary!




Oh how happy you have made me
Oh how happy you have made me

I have kissed your lips a thousand times
And more times than I can count
I have called you mine
You have stood by me in my darkest hour

Oh how happy you have made me
Oh how happy you have made me
Oh how happy you have made me
Oh how happy you have made me

In our years together
We have had stormy weather
But our love has been so strong
That somehow we carried on

Oh how happy you have made me
Oh how happy you have made me

Girl you brought joy in my empty life
And all that was wrong you've made it right

Our love
Our love
Our love

Oh how happy you have made me
Oh how happy you have made me

Oh how happy, Oh how happy
Oh how happy, Oh how happy
Oh how happy

You have made me
You have made me
You have made me
You have made me

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9/11 - National Day Of Service And Remembrance

Two weeks from today will mark the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I don't imagine that I will ever forget that morning as I sat in my home office working with the TV on and seeing those first horrifying images and the even more horrific scenes that played out later that morning.

Back in April President Obama signed into law a measure that designated Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service, urging everyone who is able to volunteer some type of service, perform some type of good deed or engage in some type of charitable activity as a tangible, visible and meaningful way of remembering that infamous day. Speaking for myself, I can't think of a better way to make my observance of that day have a more solid meaning in my life and heart. And in the lives of others.

The 9/11 Day of Service website gives some good suggestions for acts that can be performed. It also asks you "to post your personal plan to perform a good deed, volunteer or engage in another charitable activity in observance of the newly established September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance." And you can search by your location and type of volunteering interest for available needs in your city or town. In anticipation of the upcoming 10 year anniversary and planned nationwide observance, the organization is also accepting donations of $9.11 (or more) to help fund those activities around the country.



I've started giving some thought to where I might be of some service if I am still at home in 2 weeks or what good deed I might do if I'm not and I'm posting this now to give you some time as well to contemplate how you might be able to observe the 9/11 - National Day Of Service And Remembrance, should you choose to do so.

A moment of silence is a reverent observation, a few hours of service is a real observance.

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Sunrise On The Beach

After enjoying the day at KSC, we left around 3:30 in the afternoon and made our way north up I-95 for the second part of my anniversary surprise for Cindy. I had reserved a hotel room on the beach at Daytona Beach Shores for Monday night so that we could wake up Tuesday morning and watch the sunrise from the beach, something Cindy LOVES to do. Here's a picture from our balcony that afternoon.



After getting our room and showering, we went to dinner at a nice Italian restaurant across the street from the hotel and then took a walk along the beach, hand in hand, in the darkness of the evening. After such a full day, we slept like babies that night.

We had set our alarm to get us up about 30 minutes before sunrise so that we would have time to get dressed, get our cameras and walk down to the beach and be there before the sun began to come up across the water. We each took hundreds of photos. One of mine is below and I have uploaded others to my Flickr page.



I was happy that I got to surprise Cindy for our anniversary and even happier that she enjoyed what I had planned as a celebration of our marriage.

Thanks again, baby, for the best 12 years of my life.

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