On Thanking My Wife for the Gift of My Daughter on Her Graduation Day (May 26, 2018)

The luck to be in the right place when she

Walked in, at the right time to catch her eye

From across the room.  He charmed her, that "he,"

That younger man, that younger, better "I."

In an instant, that wink, that nod, then talk,

And our talks became a daily blessing.

Who could have known (but God) when she would walk

Across the floor we soon would be guessing

Each other's fondest, deepest, heartfelt dreams,

That we would be each other's saving grace?

Now a quarter century later seems

Only a moment.   That face, that sweet face,

From that the greatest gift I have began:

This beautiful child, this angel, this Anne!