on seeing your son become a husband

I threw in a paragraph about the Devil Rays the other night just to demonstrate that I'm still on line and my computer hasn't fried itself despite my best efforts. But the Devil Rays are the least significant aspect of my life.

I am remiss in not reporting that our "Numbah One Son" (and only son), Colin, married a beautiful young lady two weeks ago, in Colorado. This is almost too profound to speak of in a blog, but I have to say that his mother and I, and his sisters, are as proud of him as we can be. As the old cliche goes, we have not lost a son but gained a daughter, and her four sisters, and her parents, as part of our extended family. Colin met Sarah after moving from Boston to Boulder two years ago. Four years of college and we never heard a word about any of the gals he dated or made friends with, but when he met Sarah he fell like the proverbial ton of bricks. Sarah is like Colin in many respects - they are motivated, serious minded, hard workers, yet fun loving in an "extreme sports" sort of way - snow boarding, rock climbing, running, kayaking, etc. - and also family oriented. They are the greatest match and they have been inseparable. Megan captured the event and added her own classic captions in a web page she created for the event, and you can see it here: http://www.megangalbraith.org/wedding.html
Thanks, Megan. Pictures are sometimes more eloquent than words, but I can think of one exception. If you will send me your speech I'd like to publish it here.