TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN SALLY'S 65TH BIRTHDAY.
I ALWAYS WONDER WHERE AND WHO I WOULD BE IF SALLY AND PETE HAD NOT COME INTO MY LIFE. I DOUBT IF I WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE PERSON I AM NOW.  PETE WAS A CHALLENGE. I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO BE A PARENT, AND I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO SCREW THINGS UP. HE WENT THROUGH SOME ROUGH TIMES, AND I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO HELP HIM. LUCKILY HE NEVER GAVE UP ON ME AND I DID NOT GIVE UP ON HIM. THERE WAS A KINDNESS TO HIM EVEN IN THE MIDST OF HIS STRUGGLES. I WAS ALWAYS PROUD TO CALL HIM MY SON, AND NOW I'M PROUD TO CALL HIM MY FRIEND. HE DID INHERIT ONE BAD TRAIT FROM HIS MOTHER. ARROGANCE.  IMAGINE LIVING WITH 2 PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL. YES THAT WAS MY FATE. THE PROBLEM WAS,  I WAS THE PERSON WHO REALLY DID KNOW IT ALL. SO HE ACTUALLY GOT A DOUBLE DOSE THERE. HE NEVERTHELESS HAS TURNED INTO A FINE MAN. SALLY BROUGHT ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE TO MY LIFE, WHICH I DEFINITELY LACKED, ALONG WITH A VERY DEEP LOVE. SHE LOVED PEOPLE ON A REAL LEVEL. PEOPLE WOULD CONFIDE IN HER THEIR DEEPEST SORROWS AND HIGHEST HOPES. SHE HAD A GIFT FOR SEEING PEOPLE NOT JUST FOR WHO THEY WERE, BUT WHO THEY COULD BE. EVERYONE THAT KNEW HER LOVED HER. I PUT THIS VIDEO TOGETHER TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU!

I MISSED ONE OF HER FAVORITE PHOTOS AND I KNOW SHE WOULD WANT THIS ONE INCLUDED.

UNTIL NEXT TIME........THE BEGGAR'S APPRENTICE