For our 30th anniversary, I knitted my wife’s wedding dress—a labor of love, secrecy, and hope. I never imagined it would spark laughter at our vow renewal. And I certainly didn’t expect the moment when Janet would take the microphone and reveal a truth about love, marriage, and devotion that I will carry with me forever.
My wife and I had been married for nearly three decades. We raised three wonderful kids—Marianne, Sue, and Anthony—and built a life filled with routines, inside jokes, and quiet evenings after long workdays.
Most people saw me as quiet, handy, maybe even a little old-fashioned.
But Janet?
She simply called me hers.