July 13 10

July 13th Joe’s Birthday

After 30 years of knowing someone, you think there can be no surprises. But tragedy and hardship bring out characteristics that you didn’t know were there. The past 3 and a half years
have allowed me to discover Joe’s hidden strength, wisdom, emotion, sense of responsibility, honor, business acumen, empathy, counseling skills, and parenting skills.

Joe continues to surprise me. Birthdays aren’t that important to us anymore, but they do prove that we’re carrying on. Not moving on, just carrying on.

So happy birthday, Joe, with love.

--Chris