Written in stone

Tonight Dave was trying to convince Luke that gambling is not for kids because it is irresponsible -- while simultaneously getting him excited about the scratch-off tickets they were doing together. "You know what your problem is?" I asked him (famous tongue-in-cheek question of ours). "You make everything seem like fun."

In fact, from the beginning that was one of the most convincing arguments in favor of pairing up with Dave. Things that aren't that much fun are better with him, and things that are already fun are even more fun with him.

Today marks 14 years since I moved to California and six years since I started writing Beach Bucket. Would I have done any of this without his constant encouragement and inspiration? Even if his abdominal musculature is leaky, I still just plain love him.