Uncle Willis turns 75

At the risk of repeating myself, yet again, I love our traveling life.  We are in Sacramento, California, as Uncle Willis celebrates his 75th birthday this week.  How could we miss this momentous occasion? It was a joyful evening full of light-hearted merriment.  

Uncle Willis traveled to West Bend, Wisconsin, for our wedding; he visited us in San Diego, when Dave returned home after a six-month deployment; he made the trip to Minnesota as his sister was in the early stages of Alzheimer's and he attended our daughter's wedding in Seattle. He has been there for us as a dear uncle would.   In his younger years, Uncle Willis played in a blue-grass band and always invited Dave to play along when we were in the area.  When Willis no longer played with the band he gave Dave his 5-string banjo, which now lives with us in haRVey. 

Uncle Willis is one of those people who makes you smile at the thought of him.  You cannot pick your family, Willis would have been picked regardless!  

We thank God for Willis, and the extended family he brings to our lives.