THANK YOU!

Wow! We have been inundated with congratulations and mazal tov and warm wishes and love. I think my dad almost had a heart attack when we told him. He was literally speechless (if you know my dad you know just how unbelievable that is). Thank you for the calls and emails and more.

I think Eric's email (posted right) pretty much sums up what we've been hearing. The wall-climbing reference probably warrants some explanation...

Back when Eric and I were at SAIS our class went on a trip to southern Italy. We had all been on the island of Capri. Somehow Eric and I arrived late for the return trip to Naples. We made our way back to the mainland and, thinking that we had missed the bus to our next destination, each hopped on the back of Vespas and weaved our way through Naples traffic to the restaurant where we were to dine. It was a really fun ride. When we arrived at the restaurant, the rest of our class was nowhere to be seen.

Eventually the bus did turn up. They had been waiting for us somewhere. They didn't know we had hopped on Vespas. They were not happy. We were suddenly not very popular. But at least we had each other to commiserate with... that is, until Eric suddenly turned into a super-hero.

There was a retaining wall near the restaurant. I can't remember how high it was - maybe 6 or 7 feet. A few of our classmates tried climbing it but it was shear and there was really no way to get up. Then along came break-dancing Eric. He surveyed the scene, focused on the obstacle, took a running leap and, inexplicably, ended up on top. The class was riveted. They instantly forgot that Eric had wasted their last 4 hours. I never made it up that wall.

Eric has spent the last 9 years reminding me of that day.

xoxo