- He is deeply empathetic and genuinely cares about people
- He’s a super involved father
- He understands science and math and the world on a conceptual level
- He isn’t afraid to speak up for someone who needs it
- He accepts everyone exactly as they are
- He is married to his highschool sweetheart
- He always says sweet things about her when she isn’t around
- He is adventerous
- There isn’t a food he won’t try
- While visiting somewhere new, he refuses to eat at any restaurant he could go to at home
- He’s an excellent cook
- He reads to his daughters
- He loves his grandparents and communicates with them regularly
- He’s calm under pressure
- He never went through a “my parents embarrass me” phase
- On a group outing at the age of 10, he saved his sack lunch to give to the homeless man we’d passed on the way there
- He’s always been my video game buddy
- He is super creative
- His skills as a D&D DM rival those of any fiction novelist
- He is musical
- He has a freaky good ear for sounds and tones and can hear things nobody else can hear
- For example, if he hears loose change drop on the ground, he can tell you exactly how much it is
- He can fix things
- His sense of humor cracks me up
- He is kind
- He has the ability to look beyond the surface level of any given situation
- He has a broad perspective of life in general
- He loves his family with everything in him
- He memorizes random and ridiculous things
- He is the best kid ever (except for Jesus)
- Birthday Party Game Night celebrating with family & friends
- Road Trip to Colorado
- Birthday Balloon Breakfast at my friend’s house with her son/my birthday twin
- Saw bison, deer, and ground hogs at a nature reserve
- Visit to the candy factory
- Shopped Manitou Springs
- Traipsed around Red Rocks
- Birthday dinner on the patio in Denver
- Pleasant conversation for hours
- Free sopapillas for dessert
- Co-worker luncheon at Candlelight Inn
- Yard Sale for Haiti
- Condo HOA meeting
- Felix Adler Fest at Children’s Discovery Center, Clinton, Iowa
- Father’s Day
- Graduations
- Road Trip
- Birthday parties
- Multiple doctor’s appointments
- Women’s Club luncheon at George Curtis Mansion
- 149th Annual Chamber of Commerce meeting & awards, Clinton, Iowa
- New washing machine
- RAGBRAI meetings & route inspection
- My sister’s birthday
- My birthday
Our birthday – June 18, 1982
- Thunderstorms
- Beaches
- Book stores
- The Legend of Zelda
- Warm sunshine
- Cabins in the mountains
- Fresh oranges
- Dinner with family and/or friends
- Reality TV
- Office supplies
- Sharpies
- Unlimited data on my cell phone
- Caramel
- Walking along the river
- My birthday (in a couple weeks!)
- Traveling
- Laughing so hard my stomach hurts
- My birthday on June 18
- My sister Meredith’s birthday on June 18
- My parents’ anniversary on June 5
- It’s SUMMER!
- Family trip to Arkansas
- Time with people I love
- World’s Largest Swim Lesson
- Finishing the next to last class for a certification I want
- Warm air
- Planning more summer vacations
- Nights on my patio
- Outdoor swimming
- Tan lines
- Tank tops
- Green grass & growing fields
The sunset reflected in my porch door
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