My Lovely Bride Turns...29

I'm sorry. But you know me honey. I just couldn't resist! To me this picture of you that I took when you came home from celebrating your birthday last night with the "Fun Girls" shows how young at heart you are.

There are milestone birthdays. For me, the tough one was forty. My closest childhood friend had passed away suddenly earlier that year. I felt the sudden true burdens of adulthood. Luckily that has passed and the inner child returned. It took a while and I couldn't have found myself again without the help of my lovely bride.

So here's to you my sweetheart. The love of my life. My child bride. I'm looking forward to the next fifty!

I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, mid-life for an elephant, and ancient for a quarter-miler whose son now says, “Dad, I just can't run with you anymore unless I bring something to read.” -Bill Cosby

Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. -Jack Benny,

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. -Lucille Ball

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. -George Burns

Old people shouldn't eat health foods. They need all the preservatives they can get. -Robert Orben

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
-Sophia Loren