Happy Anniversary!

Hard to believe it’s been a year already. Beautiful wedding, no question, but more importantly, it was for one of those rare couples who couldn’t be any more perfectly matched.

I remember when you first told us about Andrew. I asked the usual Dad questions. Yes, he has a good job. No, never married, no long term baggage. Yes, he comes from a good family. No skeletons in the closet, He’s an accomplished project engineer, with Skanska for 11 years now, a young superstar. Started working there at age 24, right after he got his engineering degree.

Hell, at age 24 I was still eating Play Dough.

The guy is always smiling, upbeat and cheerful. A ball of positive energy. “What is there to be down about?” he asked. Over the last year he has put in his normal 10 hour days at work and them come home and renovated your house and back yard, installing a sprinkler system, retaining walls, clearing, planting, hauling…he’s a worker. Smart. If he can Google it, he can build it.

When I asked about his interest in the new pot laws there in California, he laughed and said: “Drug free since 83”, (when he was born). Never cared about any of that stuff, he’s already high on life.

The best part? He’s crazy about you. Thinks he won the lottery. I understand.

All your life, you’ve brought us nothing but happiness and pride. I don’t remember you ever having a tantrum, no whining as a child, no teen drama. A reader, a writer, a thinker, a dog lover, the kind of girl the other girls sought out for advice.

With fifteen years as a personal assistant/nanny/girl Friday to the rich & beautiful out there in La La land, your own resume couldn’t be any more targeted for your new role. You’ve run the showplace homes, helped with the businesses, made the travel arrangements, the staff, the reservations, coordinated with the schools, counseled the children, advised the parents, and generally been a smart, stabilizing, influence for families where buying more expensive toys for the kids was not what they really needed. They needed someone to listen, someone to care.

No one does it better than you.

The fact that those jobs took you all over the globe to the best resorts and restaurants, living a high-end life of personal chefs and privilege, was perfect training. You’ve seen first-hand how little all that stuff really matters. Love matters, being a family matters, paying real attention to your kids…matters.

So Andrew will continue to enthusiastically make waves and run hard in his career. You’ll always turn the house into a home. All of that reminds him why he works so much, and what he’s working for. A home, a family, you.

Both of you have your priorities in order, you know what matters.

So happy one-year anniversary you guys. I do wish you all the best, but we both know you’ve already got that.

It’s perfect.