Suzanne, the older of my two - spared any of my DNA but hopefully indoctrinated in at least some of the life lessons I shared with her and with Rob in the house where Margaret and I raised them - celebrates a birthday today.
She is extraordinary. She is a Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist. She loves what she does and the passion she has for it is reflected in the quality of her work. Peruse "PlayingSpeech" either on the web site to which I have provided the link or on Instagram to see for yourself. You will discover that - to borrow a phrase from the immortal Joe Willie Namath - it isn't bragging if you can back it up. She can. She does.
As proud as I am of her accomplishments in her field, the pride I feel in how she does what she does professionally pales in comparison to the pride I feel watching how she and Ryan raise their three children. Theirs is a home in which children know they are loved and it shows. Not in some technicolor, cue the dancing hippos, faux-Disney way but in a real world, flesh-and-blood way that their children shall be able to carry with them for the rest of their lives.
Happy Birthday, Suz, and much love today and in all the days to come.
-AK
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