For the last two years we have been waiting to receive something.  We weren’t sure when or if it would actually ever arrive.  The reason for the wait was not the price of this object, because we didn’t exchange money for it; yet the value was actually priceless.  It wasn’t a collector’s item or even an antiquity.  In fact, this particular item surfaces each and every day, but literally gets thrown away.  So why did we have to wait so long to receive it?  Because a selfless stranger had to give it to us as a gift.

Today Marshall and I celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary. You know how holidays and special days go — some rate higher than others.  For example, for our 20th Anniversary we flew to England where we stayed  in a beautiful hotel and explored the city of York.  Now that was pretty awesome and quite frankly it’s pretty hard to top.  But I have to tell you that today’s celebration was pretty special even in comparison to that.  We didn’t leave the country or even the city for that matter.