Totally OFF Topic.....Sorry.

I was 37 before I was married. Karen was and is the best thing that has ever happened in my life. I suppose because we were both older and were better prepared as individuals may have been a factor, but from 20 minutes after I met her, I knew this was the person that somehow I was destined to share the rest of my life. We had been married about five years and decided on adoption as our way of building a family. We went to the county agency and began the process, thinking of adopting older, special needs kids. We never considered a baby.

Then one day a miraculous thing happened. Johanna, the caseworker for adoption, called and asked if we might be interested in an infant. A severely delayed young woman was pregnant and knew that she would be unable to care for a baby. She went to Children's Services for help and an adoptive plan was made. We were overwhelmed, but very excited at the prospect and said so to Johanna. She explained the strong possibilities of severe retardation for this baby. We considered it....and went right on with the process. It would be several more weeks before this child was born and no two people ever sweated out any childbirth more.

Just about this exact hour, eight years ago today, our fine young son Tristan was born. Yes, he has many problems and significant delays, but he is a happy little guy who is learning his alphabet and counting to ten and making progress beyond his Dad and Mom's best hopes. No little boy could love their Mommy more and when he hugs me and says, albeit a bit slurred, "I love you Daddy"......Friends, it does NOT get better than that! He and Michael are the absolute joys of our lives and I am everyday more in debt to the fates that brought Karen and I together......and our lovely sons into our lives.

Its a fine day.....even if we ARE having a new furnace installed because the other one blew last night!

Spaw