HAPPY 33RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO HEIDI

WHAT MAKES A SOULMATE? A ONE IN A BILLION PARTNER WHO:

Believes in you when you start Weight Watchers at age 55, 100-plus pounds overweight and fat for more than four decades running.

Takes joy in your overseas trips -- to exotic and fairly difficult or impossible for accessibility – places.

Supports your healthy lifestyle by marinating chicken breasts, grilling finfish, making salads with berries and splurging with thin crust, lots of red pepper, low fat cheese/sauces and turkey ‘roni home baked pizzas.

Makes wonderful homemade birthday, anniversary and Valentine’s Day cards with stories narrated by cats and historical figures.

Finds cool documentaries, great music and other cool things to share with you.

Loves cats. Period. Indoor, outdoor, at cat cafes, in Rome and Istanbul, in cartoons and YouTube clips.

Our actual anniversary date is June 11, but because of calendar conflicts we are celebrating this weekend.

HAPPY 28TH ANNIVERSARY, SWEETIE

JUNE 11, 1988, TWO NE OHIO KIDS TIE THE KNOT

It's been an epic journey:

First house

Law School graduation

First professional jobs

Promotions

Resignations

Home remodeling and refinancing

A book co-authored and published before we were 30

The passing of both our father's, near age 80

A miracle move to Miami, the Magic City

Elections won

Elections lost

1920s house upgrade to modern wheelchair access

Trips all over Spain

Visits to Florence, Italy

Annual pilgrimages to NYC

Spiritual journeys to the heart of Monument Valley

Audiences with celebrities, murderers and Kings

Flights to Colombia on a whim

Too many surgeries and rehabs to count

Turning gray haired

Caring for a herd of donkey in central Ohio

Presenting at top-flight universities

Endless battles to protect and enhance the civil rights of people with disabilities

Awards

Car thefts

Last second dashes through torrential rain to claim the last half price seats of a Broadway show

Nightly visits from ghosts South of Granada

John's dog Brutus

Puchy, the angel dog

Honey Bear, the Princess of Siam, our Siamese rescue cat baby