First…
Today my parents, Bill and Norma, are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary! Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad.
"Happy marrriages begin when we marry the one we love, and they blossom when we love the one we married." — Sam Levinson
Thank you for showing us, all of us – myself, Dave, Karen, our spouses Steve and Karen J., and especially grandkids Tara, Ross, Michael, Kyle, Christian and Amy – and extended family and friends, that love can truly blossom in this day and age.
The second reason today is a special day is that it’s my husband’s birthday. Happy Birthday, hon. 
You and I may never see our 50th wedding anniversary as we still have 40 years to go. But I’ll die tryin’!
Love to all the special people in my life,
Connie
Planet of the Blind 
Kiitospaljon, Wren! And thanks also to Penny. It can be argued I think that all civlization derives from the invention of the birthday cake. Then came candles, singing, festive and eccenrc dancing…Thanks also to Wren for her lovely comments abou my Helsinki passages in Eavesdropping which has now been published in a Finnish translation which means, among other things, that people in Helsinki, should they read it, can be nostalgic for a city that is still undenialy beauiful but has now become very modern or post-modern almost overnight.
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Happy birthday, Steve! We had a birthday party today for Nell, who turned 8 on Thursday–so we were having cake and singing here too.
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Hyvaa Syntemapaivaa, Steve! And many happy returns!
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