How Time Flies

I don’t know if you’re familiar with the 1971 “Wedding Song (There Is Love)” by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary and, though I might be considered a sentimental sap, I love the simplicity of that song. It is particularly special to me this week as Steve and I celebrate our 40^th wedding anniversary.

Looking over our journey together, which includes four children, countless dogs, a couple of businesses and dozens of civic projects, I realize how fortunate we are. After all, we beat the odds. We were a young couple who really thought we could do anything and, with the blessing of our families, we pretty much did.

Not everything turned out rosy (to be sure) nor was every moment blissful but looking back on our years together I’m so glad that we were smart to recognize how special the other person was … and is. Steve supported me when I launched the CV Weekly in 2009 and I stood by his side (with a new baby) when he launched CV Cable in 1982. (For those of you who lived up here back then, we served the unincorporated area south of Foothill Boulevard; Sammons served the areas surrounding us.) Like the CV Weekly, CV Cable was a small mom-and-pop business that provided cable television to its neighbors; we also lived in the area we served.

My experience with that business began my love for the Crescenta Valley. Steve was a lifelong resident of the Crescenta Valley and he insisted we live up here once we got married. Being from the San Fernando Valley, I wanted to live in Encino. I’ve often said that if I never listened to the man regarding anything else, I’m glad I listened to him about that.

Forty years – holy moly! I thought only old people were married that long … but I guess I was wrong.