March 18, 1956

Birthdays, Basketball and Spring Breaks. March Madness is truly here.

Today is David's birthday. Thank heavens. For 17 days I am older than he is and I always feel better when we are the same age again.

And thank heavens for David. He amazes me everyday. Life with David is never boring. He keeps a lot of different balls in the air at any one time. He is dependable, compassionate, thoughtful and responsible.

He loves what one of the boys used to call man-things - grills, TVs, flashlights, electronics, and sports. He also loves animals. And family.

Several of my favorite pictures of David are included on this post.

I love the picture from 1988 of David with our golden retriever, Nick. That was the day our first baby was supposed to be born. David had chosen not to play golf on the beautiful Saturday in September and was chilling at home. Waiting. Nick is loving life. David is talking with a friend on the cordless phone, eating one of his mother's cheese wafers with a cold beverage, and wearing his Carolina Basketball socks. He still has those socks. I love the picture because it is so serene.

Of course, our first baby wasn't born until about two weeks later. And then before we knew it there were two sons. I love the picture of David with both of his little boys. He is and always has been a really great Dad.

The picture of David and me is from last fall during Wofford Football travels. We were with fun friends in Beaufort, SC and Linda snapped the picture on the dock as the sun went down.

Sometime around 100 BC, Publilius Syrus said, "Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm". The opposite being that it takes a special person to hold the helm when the sea is not calm. Life is full of stormy seas and we are no exception to that. But I am really happy to be navigating through life with David at the helm.