Number 28!

After the anesthesia and surgery yesterday we were up bright and early for our 7 a.m. appointment at the dialysis center in Madison. It was zero degrees this morning as I chored the donkeys and got them settled in with feed and water for the day. Sabine's mother, Charlotte (the donkey woman) is still recovering from her knee surgery and the donkey's are complaining about not seeing her (it seems she is a little more talkative with the donkeys than I am at 5 a.m!)

But, lo and hehold, it is our wedding anniversary today! Number 28! And I wrote a poem for Sabine:

when was it
that
our eyes
connected
to
our souls?
when was it
we first
knew
we
were forever?
when was it
that our
passion
drowned
our reason?
when was it
we would
die
for one another?
when was it
found
we could not
live without
each other?
when was it
that
every day
became better than
the last?
when was it?

it is now.