Table for Eight

Dave and I. November 2013. A few days ago when I blogged on Dave's bday I mentioned that I would tell him all of these things IN PERSON vs. on the blog. But you know what? I never did. 8( We did gifts. We made his favorite dinner. We blew out the candles. But I didn't take the time to tell him what I wanted to say. And I know I should have: it's something I keep coming back to. But why share it here on the blog? Well, here's The Why: 1) Because the blog is a journal for me. Yes, a very public one. But that wasn't the case when it began. Literally me, my mom and maybe 3 friends read it. 2) A few years ago I read a book called An Hour to Live , An Hour to Love by Richard Carlson (author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ) and it had a major impact on the way I view my life and the people in it. The overview is that on his 18th wedding anniversary Carlson wrote a letter to his wife telling her what he would do if he only had an hour to live. I...