As of today, Marci and I have been married for nine years.  Crazy, huh?  May 30, 1998 was a special day that changed our lives forever.

We watched the video of our wedding ceremony this evening, together with our kids (talk about a surreal experience!).  Truly, it's amazing to see how much has changed in the time since then.  My Dad still had a moustache back then.  My little brother (who's now a freshman at the Ohio State University) was a ten-year-old pipsqueak.  My friend and peer Jason (who was, at the time, a sophomore at Bowling Green State University) looked just slightly older!  And me, well... as much as I hate to admit it -- it's sadly obvious that the hair was thicker, the face was thinner, and clearly I've aged in the last decade.

But rather than look back wistfully, I have to say that I'm glad for where I'm at in life right now.  The last nine years have been an amazing journey, and I've been glad for the chance to figure life out together with Marci...