On the Debbie train for 35 years!!

I'm sorry I missed the Big Day; Google was giving me a hard time. (A day late and a dollar short as usual.)

Where should I begin?

I met Debbie when I was a mere lad of 15. I never got my ticket punched, I just found myself on the train! (Still haven't figured out how that happened). It's been a fun, sad, happy, wacky, adventurous (you know what I mean) 35 years! (Hint: it gets even better as you go along folks).

Debbie has been the biggest influence in my whole life that made me a better person. I can't imagine what my life would have been like if I had never known her (glad I never had to find out!) She's given me too much in too many ways to explain, but I bet you all know what I mean.

I guess of all the funny stories (157,844 at last count) the one that sticks with me the most is the roommate situation we encountered in Houston. Seems when Debbie rented a house from an elderly landlady, she was afraid she wouldn't want to rent to a single woman. So she told the landlady her husband worked offshore and his name was Bob. Well....when Debbie invited me to come out and stay with her, she slipped and called me Ricky, then had to recover by telling the landlady my name was RickyBob!! That moniker has stuck ever since. (She's creative in more ways than one).

Seeing the pics on this blog made me cry; you haven't changed a bit. (THANKS FOR THE PHOTOS LIZ!!) I miss you terribly. (Even though I'm a bad friend and don't stay in touch!) I'll try to post a pic, it was taken last year. I look like a dork, but that's OK...don't want you to forget what I look like! (Yes, that's a tiara on my head, it was my birthday party - hey, you celebrate your way, I'll celebrate mine!) Any other photos I had got washed and run through the spin cycle! (Hurricane Katrina). And you thought it was a bummer when the well went bad!

I hope you're having an incredible 50th and I'll promise to make it on time if you'll have a 75th birthday party!!! God bless you, you've been such a positive influence on many more lives than you'll ever know. (COL - crying out loud). Now I'm getting my keyboard wet!

Thank you so much Liz for doing this blog. I'm so glad my best friend found someone like you! You're both very, very special and deserve the best -- each other!!!!!

Love you both,

RickyBob