People,

Today I take another foray into one of my specialties - The Tribute Post. Rarely popular, always sentimental, these posts have been a backbone of this blog for years. Anywho, on with it.

Sarah Spencer Welsh (On her 29th birthday)

Today is the birthday of my one and only, the woman I am amazingly proud to call Mrs. Welsh.

Sarah and I have been entwined in each other's lives for 11 years now and every day she shows me something new, gives me a different perspective on the world or just helps me get through my day. You see, this is what Sarah does. She is incredibly smart, talented and compassionate but refuses to hold any of these qualities back. Instead, she showers them on everyone she knows, taking care of everyone around her. And, of course, no one has been a greater recipient than I have. In some ways I feel like a wounded animal she picked up one day and nursed back to health. That's how profound her influence on me has been.

There's nothing more I can say. I love her with all my heart and count my blessing every day that she somehow was bamboozled into this marriage arrangement.

So, sometime today, raise a glass to Sarah Spencer Welsh.