William and Betty Marlow, Karen & John, the late Dorothy McDaid, June 13, 1987

Twenty-five years ago today, Karen and I were married, in a ritual we wrote ourselves, outdoors under the trees of the beautiful Albright University campus in Reading, PA. No words can possibly capture what that day, or all the wonderful years together since, have meant, or the unbounded delight of sharing parenthood of our amazing son, Jack.

On our wedding day, we had our first dance together as a married couple to a song by the Talking Heads, "Dream Operator."

It's bigger than life
You know it's all me
My face is a book
But it's not what it seems

And every dream tells it all
And this dream is your story
You dreamed me a heart
You're the dream operator...