Some of you have been on this thread since the dawn of email, and while I’m glad to be able to say I was able to add a few more people this go around, it also seems like it is getting more and more frequent that I have a remove an address of someone who has passed away.   

If you don’t know, today marks the 25th anniversary of my return home from Desert Storm, and I like to take a pause this time every year to think about all the people in my life, past or present, who have helped – deliberately or not – shape my life.  

I know this is only an email, but it is a heartfelt one, and one I think about for weeks as it approaches, reminiscing about how things have gone so far, and everyone along the way.  Everyone has complications and stress in their life, and I have no complaints.  However, what has helped me through whatever troubled moments I do encounter, are the people in my life, either in person, through a passing email, or just through an occasional wonderful memory.  

So for the 25th year in a row, I want to thank you for being in my world.  It means a lot to me.  

-Steve

Here’s to another 25 years.