Three Years Down

Today is a momentous day. Today is the thre year aniversary of our arriving in Alaska. As a matter of fact, as of right now as I am writing this was probably about the same time we were scurrying around the Anchorage airport looking for one of the few people we actually knew in Anchorage at that time, our real estate agent. Thanks Mary, You showed us from the very start what it means to "be a little Alaskan".

So what have I learned over the last three years.

I have learned that the chaff will be seperated from the wheat.

I have learned that the fish that cannot be landed actually can.

I have learned that there is cold, really cold, obscenely cold, and cold that will kill you.

I have learned that friendships are truly golden, and that gold is best refined through fire.

I have learned that the darkness of winter illuminates more about oneself than the light of summer.

I have learned how wonderfull my wife is and how much more wonderful she becomes each day.

I have learned value in waiting.

I have learned how to ride on a snow machine, a dog sled, and a four wheeler, and maybe some day will learn how to drive each of them.

And I have learned that I want to stay here forever.