39 Years

June 20 is my parents' anniversary. Unfortunately I wasn't here to celebrate as planned, but they pushed their plans back a week and dad surprised us with a dinner cruise in the world's busiest harbor! We almost missed the boat, but fortunately we made it even though we arrived 15 minutes after they told us to be there.

















The first Youth Olympic Games were getting ready to start, so there were lots of helicopters on the skyline. Notice in the background, the world's tallest ferris wheel/"observation wheel," standing at 165 metres (541 ft) high. It has 28 "capsules," each one able to hold 28 people.












As the evening finished, we were starting to talk about a recent discussion mom and dad had started, talking about the last 39 years and the merging of their family values and traditions. Good times. I am blessed beyond belief to have parents who are happily married after 39 years.