Roll On

This weekend, I celebrated the 10 year anniversary of my Hodgkin's diagnosis with my incredible wife.

Keeping it a secret until the last minute, she took me to a night in Saugatuck, MI.

On the drive out, despite the fact that both of us hate shopping, we spent a little time at the outlet mall in Howell. Armed with new Skecher shoes, we rolled on to Saugatuck, where we stayed at the Twin Gables Inn - a very nice historic B&B. Then, we went to "the event" - a pre-release party for Fenn Valley wines, in Fennville.

The six wines will be released in 2012, but the winery made it available for tasting to a few of their closest friends (and us!). The wines were paired with original food pairings for a six-course meal.

It was amazing!

We started with wine and cheese, then sat down to a brie and apple tartlet, a crab cake, a salad, salmon, beef, and dessert.

Sheryl and I had an absolute blast. We had good conversation with our tablemates, and after six courses and six wines,  we bought some wine, said our goodnights to our tablemates, then came back to the Inn, and chatted while I had a nightcap.

The topper was the drive there and back, where we found we had carved some time out of our lives to talk in detail about some of the things that have been going on lately. It was a nice change of pace beyond the daily catching up with what's happening at work before we have to go to bed.

It was an extremely rewarding weekend, and I cannot thank my wife enough.

10 years ago, I would have never believed you if you had told me I'd have it this good. I am so fortunate.