Good morning friends

Two of history's greatest events took place on this day. First was in 1941 when the US was welcomed into WWII by the Japanese. They just couldn't stand the fact that we didn't want to play in their game. Big mistake on their part, huh. The second was in 1961 when Sharon and Davis Thompson gave birth to their second child. She was beautiful and precious then and, though her big brother has sometimes argued, she has been every day since. She has been an angel on earth for the past 48 years and I know she is going to be mine and Aidan's angel for the rest of our time here.

Thank you Mike and Mitzi for hounding both of us constantly until we went out together. We are forever greatful to you.

As I lay on my little plastic sofa beside her last night I kept thinking "I am George Bailey". (If you don't know who that is you have missed the second best movie of all time up to this point in your life.) I am not a wealthy man by any definition but I have realized over the past year and especially the past six weeks I am rich beyond anything I could have imagined. My friends, my family and my church are more valuable assets than anything I could buy. We are all taught it, all hear it, think it, want it but until you are lucky enough to live it, as I am now, there is just no way to understand how rich I feel. Thank you all so much for making me rich.

BTW- number 1 is Raising Arizona. I made Melisa act out every scenario of the movie during our adoption process.