That’s my friend Bob with me, a photo Melinda took last night while Bob & I were being a little silly with a digestif, the “water of life” that Melinda got for me back in September. I’d been saving it for a special occasion and what could be more special than having Bob up from Olympia for dinner and to spend the night.

For context purposes, I met Bob in 1986 when I was an undergrad at The Evergreen State College. He is the father of Si, a brain-injured boy with whom I began working that year. Learn more at this post from back in January. Suffice it to say, meeting Bob and Si changed the direction of my life.

As good as this picture is, I could have used one I took of Bob and Melinda and in which it appears Melinda is proposing to Bob.

I told you. He’s special.