A Contrast!

Last evening I joined some of the classmates of my seminary days. There were about 20 of us, with five of us who were married.  Some of the focus of the evening centered on physical maladies, but these meetings only reinforce my strong feelings that my decision could not have been better. It is impossible for me to speculate how my life would have progressed if I had try to remain a priest. All that I know is that it would have most likely ended in some sort of disaster. 

And now, as I come to the time when we celebrate 40 years of marriage and look back on such a wonderful life together, surrounded by tremendous adult children with their wonderful spouses, and their wonderful children, I can only be grateful to the good fortune bestowed on me.