Happy Anniversary

This is what I wrote a year ago tonight.

Life throws curves. Sometimes you were looking fastball. Sometimes you just swing and miss. In my case, they called in a pinch hitter tonight. I'm out. Back in the clubhouse, I'm swigging gatorade and planning my next at-bat. Guess it will be in a different uniform. I guarantee it means more entries in the 'Hat Rack. Peace.

Mrs. 'Hat Rack and I are celebrating with a date tonight.

A lot has transpired in 365 days, including the fact that I haven't set foot on an airplane in that time. I'm pretty proud of that.

All my favorite teams have lost a lot of games, notably the Giants, RSL and Northwestern football & basketball. Mrs. 'Hat Rack completed an IronMan. We're both just weeks away from the Ogden Marathon (marking at least 25 marathons between us!). We're watching people we love battle insidious diseases and trying to do a few little things to make a difference. I write a lot for work and pleasure. I don't read enough. Our boys have learned to ski. Our "princess" has learned to chatter and disperse hundreds of pieces of (fill in the blank here) all over her room and our house. One dog proved she has 9, no, 99+ lives. And we're thankful for friends (like ones who sit through snowstorms to watch U.S. Open Cup games), running friends, cooking friends, kids' friends and family and friends.

And somehow, against all odds I would have predicted last year, we're still here... with the inch of fresh snow on the lawn and the bright/frozen tulips... on 900 South in Salt Lake City (where they really do name streets like that). And life seems perfectly normal.

Comments

[Ethan]

Congratulations.

May your next 365 be just as fondly remembered.

Ethan