Fistfuls of Firsts

Take a Shift Tuesday: No matter how big children get, they never fully outgrow “firsts.” Neither do parents.
Take a Shift Tuesday: No matter how big children get, they never fully outgrow “firsts.” Neither do parents.
We’re celebrating our 8 year anniversary, which has me all kinds of reflective and optimistic. And why not be optimistic when things are going well? Part of what’s gotten us to this point isn’t looming vows or the iron rod of commitment. It’s not even the old cliché about give and take. It’s more an approach of give and accept.
There’s a couple I grew up with, Trevor and Jeri Ann. He and I were in show choir from middle school on. I remember him telling me on one of our trips that he was “going out” with Jeri Ann. Fast-forward to adulthood and Jeri Ann has worked with Muscato longer than I’ve known him. Tragedy struck their family Friday…