Was it really so good?

In two days my wife will be having some major surgery, and by the grace of God, she will have 8 weeks of her husband and son waiting on her so she can fully recover before returning to her work as a registered nurse. As we have prepared for that surgery, I have been thinking back over our 31+ years together and I got to wondering, was it really so good? And I think the answer is a resounding YES!

God has given us a wonderful family, both immediate and extended, and we praise Him for that. Here are some glimpses of our happy times together as a family.

Whitewater rafting on the upper Hudson in upstate New York in the summer of '06;


attending our oldest son's graduation (with his fiancee Kelly) from medical school in Savannah, GA in September of '07;


being in Durham, NC for the wedding of our son David to Marianne in May of '05;

meeting our new daughter-in-law Jennifer and grand-daughter Erin in North Carolina in June of 2006;

a road trip to Toronto where Shawn and I saw the Red Sox play three games in April of '07;

Yes, God has been wonderful in the gifts he has given us, especially the gift of a loving family.

It has been a great 31 years!